BAGHDAD: Three members of the Iraqi safety forces have been killed in an explosion north of Baghdad on Wednesday, Iraq‘s army stated.
The personnel have been killed when an explosive gadget detonated throughout a safety operation within the Khan space of the Tarmiyah district. A commander of the 59th Infantry Brigade and two others have been killed, a army assertion stated.
Lt. Common Qais al-Muhammadawi, commander of Iraq’s floor forces, will lead an investigation within the space into the causes of the explosion, the assertion added.
The perpetrators weren’t instantly identified.
The Tarmiyah district has witnessed quite a few assaults by the Islamic State group since Iraqi safety forces with help from the US-led coalition drove out the group in a army operation.
IS’s territorial management in Iraq and Syria was crushed by the years-long marketing campaign, however sleeper cells have carried out assaults which have killed scores of Iraqis and Syrians.
In Iraq, the militants have efficiently exploited safety gaps throughout a patch of territory within the north due to an ongoing dispute between Baghdad and Irbil, the capital of the the Kurdish-run semi-autonomous area of Iraq.
Iraqi safety forces have been ambushed or focused with improvised-explosive gadgets by the militants.
The personnel have been killed when an explosive gadget detonated throughout a safety operation within the Khan space of the Tarmiyah district. A commander of the 59th Infantry Brigade and two others have been killed, a army assertion stated.
Lt. Common Qais al-Muhammadawi, commander of Iraq’s floor forces, will lead an investigation within the space into the causes of the explosion, the assertion added.
The perpetrators weren’t instantly identified.
The Tarmiyah district has witnessed quite a few assaults by the Islamic State group since Iraqi safety forces with help from the US-led coalition drove out the group in a army operation.
IS’s territorial management in Iraq and Syria was crushed by the years-long marketing campaign, however sleeper cells have carried out assaults which have killed scores of Iraqis and Syrians.
In Iraq, the militants have efficiently exploited safety gaps throughout a patch of territory within the north due to an ongoing dispute between Baghdad and Irbil, the capital of the the Kurdish-run semi-autonomous area of Iraq.
Iraqi safety forces have been ambushed or focused with improvised-explosive gadgets by the militants.
