Two peshmerga, fighters from Iraqi Kurdistan, were killed on Saturday in an attack attributed to the Islamic State group in northern Iraq, a region in which the jihadists are still active, authorities in the autonomous region of Iraq said. Kurdistan.
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ISIS terrorists
" attacked with small arms a peshmerga roadblock in the Zerga Zaour region, 55 km northwest of the city of Kirkuk, and "
unfortunately two Peshmerga fighters were martyred.
», Announced the anti-terrorist services of Iraqi Kurdistan in a press release.
Zerga Zaour is located in the federal territory of Iraq, on the border with the autonomous region of Kurdistan, in an oil zone claimed by both the government in Baghdad and the regional authorities in Erbil.
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At the end of 2017, Iraqi government forces regained control of the positions held by Kurdish fighters in Kirkuk province for three years. But today, peshmerga continue to be deployed in Altun Kubri district, where Zerga Zaour is located. Saturday night's attack comes four days after an offensive, also blamed on ISIS, that left 15 people dead in a village in Diyala province, eastern Iraq.
Iraq declared its victory against the jihadists at the end of 2017. But they remain a threat and continue to carry out ad hoc attacks against villagers and security forces in the north of the country, particularly in the Kirkuk region.
The last major attack claimed by ISIS in Iraq in July targeted a market in the Shiite district of Sadr City in Baghdad, which left around 30 people dead.
