Tribal fighters kill 14 ISIS elements in Hawija southwest of Kirkuk
Armed tribal dispute.
(IraqiNews.com) Kirkuk – An informed source in Kirkuk province said on Saturday, that 21 ISIS elements had been either killed or wounded during armed clashes between clan fighters and the ISIS elements southwest of Kirkuk.
The source reported for IraqiNews.com, “Today, violent clashes erupted between Arab clans and the ISIS elements in the vicinity of al-Riyad in the district of Hawija (45 km southwest of Kirkuk), resulting in the death of 14 [ISIS] elements and wounding 7 others.”
The source attributed the outbreak of clashes to “the state of hatred, anger and resentment by the people of the southern and western regions of Kirkuk because of the injustice of ISIS as well as the state of hunger and oppression in which they live.”