BAGHDAD, Dec 17 (NNN-NINA) – Six Iraqi soldiers were killed and four others wounded, in an overnight attack by Daesh militants, in Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala, a provincial police officer said.
The attack took place late on Sunday night, when Daesh militants carried out an attack on army bases, at a rural area near the town of al-Maqdadiyah, some 100 km northeast of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, sparking a fierce clash between the two sides, Alaa al-Saadi from Diyala’s police, said.
The clash continued for several hours and only stopped after reinforcement troops arrived at the scene, al-Saadi said, without giving further details.
Despite repeated military operations in the Diyala province, remnants of the militants are still hiding in some rugged areas near the border with Iran, and in the sprawling areas extending from the western part of the province to the Himreen mountainous area, north of the provincial capital, Baquba, which itself is located some 65 km northeast of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.– NNN-NINA