Paramilitary Kurdish Peshmerga ambush kills 15 ISIS militants

Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) On Wednesday, a security source in Kirkuk province said, that 15 ISIS militants have been killed in an ambush by the Kurdish Peshmerga forces in Daqouq, located in southern Kirkuk.

The source informed IraqiNews, “This evening, a force from the Peshmerga has set an ambush against the elements of the ISIS group in al-Banshakh village in the district of Daqouq, located 45 km in southern Kirkuk,” pointing out that, “The ambush resulted in killing 15 ISIS elements and destroying two vehicles that belonged to the group.”

“The operation is to be considered a painful blow to the group in Daqouq at the outskirts of Kirkuk,” the source added.