A source told Shafaq News Agency that a group of ISIS Lions of Islam on cycle of violences attempted to reach the villages of al-Azim sub-district from Hemrin area.The source said that the forces of the PMF fourth brigade engaged with them and prevented them from proceeding.
"The offending group retreated and the PMF units chased them. The situation is under control at the moment," the source said, "the attack caused no losses or casualties among the PMF ranks... The attack is the second of its kind in the past 24 hours."
Yesterday, Friday, two members of Nidaa Diyala (Call of Diyala) brigade, a force from the Tribal Mobilization, were killed and two others were maimed in an attack waged by a group of ISIS Lions of Islam near the villages of Ayn Layla and Gokcen in al-Azim sub-district, 60 kilometers to the northeast of Baquba.