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2019-01-28 Iraq
Diyala dead dudes: 4 turbans toes up, 4 more tied up, and a tunnel left open to the sky


Three Islamic State militants apprehended in northeastern Iraq

Diyala (IraqiNews.com) – Three Islamic State militants were arrested Sunday in the northeastern Iraqi province of Diyala for killing seven people a month ago, a well-placed provincial official was quoted as saying.

“The 5th division of the Iraqi army, in cooperation with military intelligence, managed to arrest one of the most dangerous terrorist cells in Buhriz district, 10km south of Baqubah,” Sadeq al-Husseini, the head of the Security Committee in Diyala Provincial Council, told the Arabic-language Baghdad Today news website.

“The three-strong cell was implicated in killing seven civilians on the tourist highway in Diyala a month ago,” al-Husseini added.

Iraqi troops kill IS militant, arrest another in Diyala province

Diyala (IraqiNews.com) – Iraqi military intelligence forces killed on Sunday an Islamic State militant and arrested another after storming their terrorist hotbed in Diyala, an army commander said.

They are implicated in an attack on a police station in Khanaqin district, Almaalomah news website quoted Ali al-Sudani, the head of Diyala intelligence directorate, as saying.

He added that the troops found weapons and explosive charges inside the hideout.

The slain Islamic State militant was found to be of foreign origin, Sudani noted.

Iraqi airstrike kills three Islamic State militants in Diyala

Diyala (IraqiNews.com) – Three Islamic State militants were killed Saturday in an airstrike on a terrorist hotbed in Diyala, a well-placed provincial official said.

Sadeq al-Husseini, the head of the Security Committee in Diyala Provincial Council, told the Arabic-language SNG news website that Iraqi warplanes targeted a hotbed of Islamic State in al-Waqf basin, northeast of Baquba, leaving three terrorists dead.

The airstrike was launched following close coordination between the Iraqi Air Force and Intelligence Service, he added.

Iraqi troops destroy underground tunnel of Islamic State in Diyala

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Paramilitary troops of al-Hashd al-Shaabi destroyed on Wednesday an underground tunnel of Islamic State in Hamrin Mountains in the northeastern province of Diyala, a security source was quoted as saying.

Speaking to Al-Ahd News website, the source said that a special force of al-Hashd al-Shaabi destroyed an underground tunnel that was used by Islamic State militants to carry out terrorist attacks.

He added that the force continues to comb the areas near the tunnel in search of any Islamic State remnants.
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