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2021-02-07 Iraq

Peshmerga ‘double up on security’ after ISIS attacks

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — A Peshmerga commander told Rudaw on Saturday that they have increased security measures, one day after several policemen in Kirkuk province were killed and wounded in a suspected Islamic State (ISIS) attack. ISIS has carried out several deadly attacks in Iraq so far this year, sparking fears the group is gaining strength.

“We have doubled up on security checkpoints,” Sirwan Barzani, commander of Peshmerga forces on the Gwer-Makhmour front, told Rudaw’s Sirwan Abbas on Saturday.

He said the militants are taking advantage of poor weather. “In foggy weather, the fighter jets can’t spot Daesh [ISIS] and target them. That is why they attack during those times.”

On Friday, Iraqi security forces in Daquq district, south of Kirkuk came under attack, resulting in the death and injury of several federal policemen. ISIS “took advantage of the rainy weather to launch an attack” that night, a local security source told Rudaw’s Hiwa Hussamadin.

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