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| Iraq |
| Salahuddin Combat Courier |
| 2016-06-19 |
| Defense Minister announces launching operation to free Qayyarah, Salahuddin (IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – Defense Minister Khaled al-Obeidi announced on Saturday launching a military operation to free Qayyarah vicinity, while the military adviser for the Defense Ministry Mohammed al-Askari said the vicinity is the most important air and administrative base to secure the troops heading towards Mosul. Askari said in a statement obtained by Iraqi News, “The Defense Minister announced launching the liberation operation of Qayyarah from the control of the ISIS,” noting that, “The [army’s] Ninth Armored Division and regiments of the Anti-Terrorism Directorate, in addition to the international coalition aviation and the Iraqi Air Force, participated in the operation.” He added, “Those forces began advancing into the northern axis of Salahuddin towards their specified targets in [Qayyarah] vicinity.” Security forces liberate Mashak village north of Baiji (IraqiNews.com) Salahuddin – Media officials with the Ministry of Defense announced on Saturday liberating the village of al-Mashak, located north of Baiji District, from the ISIS control. The officials said in a statement, a copy of which was received by IraqiNews.com, “The joint [security] forces managed, at noon today, to liberate al-Mashak village north of Baiji District from the ISIS control,” adding that, “The security forces are advancing into the areas north of Salahuddin Province.” Casualties in suicide bombing on Patriotic Union of Kurdistan’s headquarters in central Tuz (IraqiNews.com) Salahuddin – Tuz Khurmatu District Council announced on Saturday, that a number of people had been either killed or wounded in a suicide bombing by a booby-trapped vehicle that targeted the headquarters of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in the center of the district east of Tikrit. The Mayor of Tuz Kharmatu Disrict Shalal Abdul said in a statement followed by IraqiNews.com, “A booby-trapped vehicle driven by a suicide bomber exploded, before noon today, near the headquarters of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in the general hospital street in the center of the district, killing and wounding a number of people.” Abdul added, “A security force transferred the wounded to a nearby hospital to receive medical treatment and the dead bodies to the forensic medicine department.” Tuz suicide attack on Patriotic Union of Kurdistan kills, wounds 13 people (IraqiNews.com) Salahuddin – A security source in Salahuddin Province said on Saturday, that the outcome of the suicide bombing that targeted the headquarters of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in Tuz Khurmatu District amounted to 13 dead and wounded. According to information shared by the source, and obtained by Iraqi News, it was stated, “The outcome of the suicide bombing that targeted the headquarters of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, before noon today, amounted to three dead and ten wounded.” “The wounded are receiving medical treatment in one of the hospitals and some of them are suffering from serious injuries due to the intensity of the bombing,” the information added. |
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