ISIS targeted points of Peshmerga forces east of Kirkuk in northern Iraq, according to what Kurdish sources said at dawn on Saturday, amid reports of casualties.

On Twitter, local sources reported that 6 of them were killed. The Peshmerga, without any official confirmation yet.

It is mentioned that the Ministry The Iraqi Defense Ministry announced Friday that it had found stacks of equipment, including rockets, launchers and improvised explosive devices, during a security operation carried out by the Al-Jazeera Operations Command in Anbar and the advanced headquarters of the joint operations in Kirkuk.

Missiles and launchers And explosive devices

The ministry also said in an official statement that “the Al-Jazeera Operations Command and the forward headquarters of the joint operations carried out search and search operations in Kirkuk and the areas located between the east of the Euphrates River and the west of Lake Tharthar. On a 20-liter Gilcan that contains 3 TNT material, a cylindrical device, a 2-piece detonation ruler. The materials were blown up by the engineering effort. ”

To this, she revealed that a force from the Headquarters Advance Headquarters for Joint Operations was carried out. The implementation of a security operation in Al-Salam area in Hawija district in Kirkuk governorate resulted in it A found ammunition stack containing 3 14.5 weapon barrels, 2 12.7 weapon barrels, 7 “homemade” IEDs consisting of a 1 liter bottle, 13 60mm mortar rounds, 16 rockets, 3 Strela missiles, 3 valve 60mm mortar rounds, and 2 missiles RBG7 launcher, 82 mm mortar barrel, and 6 Austrian artillery shells.

The escalation of ISIS movements

She pointed out that During the inspection process in Al-Abbasi district in Kirkuk governorate, 4 SPG9 missiles, two RBG7 launcher missiles, and a 60 mm mortar bomb were found, and all materials were seized and duly handled.

It is noteworthy that earlier, The Iraqi security forces managed to deal with an ammunition cache containing shells, grenades, and an explosive device left over from ISIS in Nineveh and Anbar. Anbar and Diyala, where these areas are witnessing sporadic attacks by the elements of the organization.

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