World News | Official: IS militants kill 4 Iraqi soldiers in northwest

BAGHDAD, Nov. 19 (AP) — Islamic State militants attacked an Iraqi army position in northwestern Iraq’s Kirkuk province early Saturday, killing four soldiers, a security source and a local government official. officials said.

Islamic State fighters in the Dibes area took the soldiers’ weapons and communication equipment and left the scene, security sources said.

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They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to make statements to the media.

It was the first such attack in nearly a year. In January, Islamic State gunmen broke into a barracks in the al-Azim mountains outside the town of Bakuba, where they killed a guard and shot 11 sleeping soldiers.

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Kirkuk Governor Rakan Saeed al-Jiboury told The Associated Press that the attack was “caused by negligence and negligence” by security forces.

He added that the attack took place in an area where power was divided between Iraqi forces and Kurdish Peshmerga forces, “so there was no coordination and (IS) took advantage of that.”

Islamic State’s territorial control in Iraq and Syria has been shattered by a years-long U.S.-backed operation, but its fighters continue to lurk, killing more and more Iraqis and Syrians. (Associated Press)

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