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Iraq
Kirkuk combat chronicle: big turban killed, 6 paramilitary causalties in turban attack
2018-06-28
Islamic State’s videographer killed in operation in Kirkuk

Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi security troops have killed an Islamic State member, in charge of shooting videos for the group in Kirkuk, intelligence sources from the province said on Wednesday.

Speaking to Shafaq News, the sources said security troops managed in an operation to kill a militant tasked with shooting videos for Islamic State, known as Abu Mariam al-Iraqi, who is the group’s media official in Kirkuk. The operation was carried out, based on accurate intelligence information about his presence in one of the villages in Kirkuk.

Security troops confiscated several computers and videos for Islamic State at the place, where abu Mariam was killed, according to the sources.

Six pro-gov’t fighters killed, wounded in Islamic State attack in Kirkuk

Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) – Six Iraqi pro-government fighters were killed and wounded Wednesday in an attack launched by Islamic State on a village in Kirkuk.

A security source told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed newspaper that “IS militants stormed al-Bashir village in southern Kirkuk, and clashed with the security forces and al-Hashd al-Shaabi fighters deployed there for two hours.”

“The fierce clashes between the two sides left a member of al-Hashd al-Shaabi dead and five others wounded,” according to the source.

The source added that the IS militants “fled the scene immediately after the attack.”
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