A military incident in Iraq left at least five personnel dead, including a regional commander, and eight more wounded after an attack attributed to the Islamic State targeted a military outpost located in a rural zone between Diyala and Salahuddin.
The Iraqi Ministry of Defense expressed sorrow over the loss of its heroic martyr, identifying him as Colonel Jaled Nayi Wasak, commander of the second regiment of a infantry brigade, and paying tribute to several valiant soldiers from the regiment who responded to the terrorist assault in their area of responsibility.
According to the ministry’s statement published on its website, security forces repelled the assault, although the operation resulted in numerous casualties. A security source provided an provisional tally and additional details about the attack to the Iraqi news outlet Shafaq.
The jihadist group maintains hundreds of fighters scattered across multiple mobile cells inside Iraqi territory, having carried out several attacks in recent months despite the territorial defeat of its so-called caliphate. During this period, the Iraqi government has launched several detentions that led to the capture of dozens of suspects linked to the Islamic State, including several described as senior figures of the organization.