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Iraqi forces foil Islamic State attack, east of Diyala

 Iraqi forces foil Islamic State attack, east of Diyala

Iraqi soldiers riding an armored vehicle while advancing to liberate Iraqi territories from Islamic state

Iraqi soldiers riding armored vehicles while advancing to liberate Iraqi territories from Islamic state
Diyala (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi troops foiled an attack by Islamic State on al-Nada area in Diyala province on Sunday, a commander said.

“A number of IS militants tried last night to launch an attack on al-Hamayel village at al- Nada area east of Diyala province,” Commander of the Tigris Operations Maj. Gen. Mazher al-Azzawi told Baghdad Press on Monday.

“Security forces, backed by fighter jets, managed to foil the plot and pursued the attackers as part of a wide-scale combing operation,” he said, adding that the attack left no casualties.

“The security situation is under control,” he concluded.

On Sunday, the War Media Cell said in a statement that Iraqi troops have managed to comb over 100 villages, declaring the end of the first part of second phase of the Upper Euphrates and Al-Jazirah Combing Operations.

“Troops managed to comb the villages and regions falling between south of Hatra and north of Rawa,” the statement read.

“Our forces were able to comb 175 villages, five bridges and crossings as well as an airport on an area of 14,100 square kilometers,” it said, adding that “huge losses in equipment were inflicted.”

Moreover, Lt. Gen. Abdul Amir Yarallah announced combing four villages north of Rawa on an area of 740 square kilometers.

In a statement, Yarallah said, “troops combed villages of al-Hamima, Leheiji, al-Beghelein and Aluta, northeast of Rawa.”

Combing operations are still ongoing, he added.

The Joint Operations Command announced on Saturday that only fifty percent of the regions between Salahuddin and Anbar provinces were liberated. At least 15 Islamic State members were killed in airstrike by the U.S.-led Coalition jets in the western desert, the War Media Cell said in a statement.

Last week, Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said his country defeated Islamic State over the military level, but will declare final victory after desert areas are purged of militants.

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