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At least 10 members of the Iraqi tribal crowd were killed, according to a statement by the popular crowd, and others were injured in an attack carried out by ISIS on Friday at the crowd’s deployment centers in the Machikhefah district, in the Salahuddin governorate in northwestern Iraq.
And “Al-Hurra” obtained videos of the confrontations and exchanges of fire between the two parties.
This video shows images from the first hours of the attack.
Security sources told “Al-Hurra” that the Iraqi army aviation participated in the tracking of ISIS operatives after its attack on Hashd fighters.
The Popular Mobilization Committee said the death toll is 9 among the tribal crowd and one of the Federal Police forces affiliated with the Interior Ministry, but Iraqi journalists said that “the organization attacked the forces of the crowd in when preparing “Suhoor” food, and emphasized that the death toll reached 51 dead and wounded.
To date, nearly 31 martyrs, and more than 20 wounded, have been exposed to ISIS terrorism against our children of the Federal Police and the popular crowd in …
published byAli Wajih on Friday May 1, 2020
Salah al-Din chief of the Governing Council al-Karim told Al-Hurra that the attack targeted the Tigris regiment of the tribal crowd, adding that “the attack was surprising and swift in a clan company deployed to ensure the protection of the area. “
“Security forces and the popular crowd cordoned off the Machisheva area south of Tikrit and pursued the remains of the ISIS terrorist gangs,” said Salah al-Din operations commander Major General Mohsen Hatim.
Social media reported that ISIS had “burned” six of the attack victims after putting them in “Caravan” and lighting them, but “Al-Hurray” had still been unable to confirm the news.
Makshefa is an Iraqi village located 130 km north of Baghdad and 40 km south of Tikrit on the road linking it to Samarra.
ISIS re-launched several attacks in some regions of Iraq, taking advantage of the emerging crisis in Corona, while international coalition planes again launched attacks aimed at the gathering of its elements, especially in the areas between the Diyala, Kirkuk provinces. and Salahuddin.
Two days ago, planes from the international coalition forces attacked a group of tunnels used by ISIS fighters between Salah al-Din and Diyala provinces, and around a dozen ISIS fighters were killed.
The common areas between Salahuddin, Diyala and Kirkuk provinces are witnessing the presence of ISIS and the activity of its cells, especially between villages without population, and the rugged mountainous areas that abound in these areas.
On Monday, Iraqi security forces announced the arrest of an “ISIS executions officer”, while the organization carried out a bombing operation a few days ago against the headquarters of the Intelligence Directorate in Kirkuk.
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