Iraqi security sources said the explosion left a toll of “one death and eight injuries” among forces at the base.[11 pm edr]
The base housing a pro-Iranian militia has been damaged in an explosion, killing one and wounding eight”The air defence command report confirmed, through technical efforts and radar detection, that there was no drone or fighter jets in the air space of Babil before and during the explosion.”
[April 19 2024 airstrikes in the Kalsu Base in Musayib, south of the capital, with three raids. ]
[January 23 2023 Isis bomb in Diyala ]
The situation in Iraq is actually worse than in Syria due to the existence of “Saddam soldiers” – Arab Sunni elements who enjoyed being in power during the Saddam Hussein-era and who are ready to fight against Shia rule in Iraq at any cost, along with ISIS or with anyone else.
[January 22 2022]
“The United States condemns the terrorist attack on the Army Headquarters in Diyala province that resulted in the death of at least 11 members of the ISF. We stand with our Iraqi friends and partners in the face of this act of terrorism. Our thoughts are with the families of those killed.” The Embassy said in a statement.
Diyala lies on the main road between Baghdad and Kirkuk
According to the website of the Arabic-language Iranian broadcaster al-Alam, the “terrorist attack was carried out by a cell consisting of nine members” of IS. The report added that the cell had come from areas of Kirkuk province including Riyadh and south of Hawija, “taking advantage of the Hamrin hills through Salahuddin” to conduct the attack.
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