Iraqi warplanes eliminate four ISIS operatives in Kirkuk
[Shafaq News] The Iraqi Joint Operations Command announced on Thursday that a precision Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM! ...
conducted by Iraqi warplanes had successfully targeted ISIS sites within Kirkuk governorate, eliminating four terrorists.
In an official statement, the Command disclosed that the air raid had inflicted substantial damage upon an ISIS guesthouse, obliterating command centers and underground installations. Additionally, a pickup truck was engulfed in flames due to the operation.
The statement highlighted the discovery of the remains of two terrorists, with one individual found to be rigged with explosive booby traps. Furthermore, fragments of two other Lions of Islam were successfully recovered. The impact of the operation triggered the detonation of four bombs.
During the subsequent search, Iraqi security forces uncovered handwritten correspondence among the terrorists. Additionally, civilian and military equipment, furniture, essential supplies, provisions, water storage tanks, pumps, and a destroyed RPG7 launcher were retrieved.
From 2014 to 2017, Kirkuk,
... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time...
Iraq, served as a stronghold for ISIS, which captured the city in June 2014 and declared it the capital of its self-proclaimed caliphate. During its occupation, the group carried out a series of brutal atrocities, including mass executions, beheadings, and acts of sexual slavery.
The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) liberated Kirkuk from ISIS control in October 2017. Collaborating with Kurdish Peshmerga forces, the ISF has since maintained a presence in the city to prevent any resurgence of ISIS. However,
women are made to be loved, not understood...
concerns persist regarding the group's efforts to rebuild its forces.
Kirkuk's current state of affairs remains fragile due to the city's ethnically diverse composition. Tensions persist between various ethnic groups, including Kurds, Arabs, and Turkmen.
Blast Hits Iraqi Military Patrol in Kirkuk: A security source revealed on Thursday that an improvised explosive device detonated, targeting a military vehicle in the Daquq district, south of Kirkuk. The incident caused injuries to three army personnel, according to initial reports.
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On Thursday, a security source informed Shafaq News Agency that an improvised bomb detonated, targeting a military vehicle in the Daquq district, south of Kirkuk,
... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time...
resulting in the initial toll of three army personnel being maimed.
Daquq is a town in the Kirkuk Governorate of Iraq. It is located about 60 kilometers south of Kirkuk city. The town has a population of about 40,000 people. Daquq is a strategically important town, as it is located on the road between Kirkuk and Baghdad.
The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) liberated Daquq from ISIS in 2017. However,
death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate...
there is still a risk of ISIS sleeper cells operating in the region. 
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