ISIS kills PMF official and his bodyguard

An intelligence officer and one of his bodyguards were killed in an attack by ISIS on a checkpoint of the 314th Brigade of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF).

A military source who declines to be named told PUKmedia that ISIS terrorists attacked a checkpoint of the 314th Brigade of the PMF forces in Saraya Salam in Samarra district.

The dead were identified as Bassem al-Karawi and Mohannad Shalaga, the source said.

The so-called Islamic State or ISIS seized large swathes of Iraqi territory in 2014, declaring a "caliphate" and killing thousands (many of whom were the Yazidis in Sinjar) there before Baghdad declared victory in 2017. Despite their defeat, the terrorists remain active in the country, especially active in the regions disputed between Erbil and Baghdad.

Iraq is still in the process of eliminating remnants of ISIS terrorists who ambush, kidnap, and extort both civilians and members of the security forces in the disputed areas, which stretch across several provinces, including Kirkuk, Nineveh, Diyala, and Saladin. 



Reported by Mohammed Fayeq
PUKmedia