IS ambushes Iranian-backed Shia militias, kills 27 in Kirkuk

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Kirkuk, Iraq:

IS ambushes Iranian-backed Shia militias, kills 27 in Kirkuk
Kurdistan24

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan 24) – Islamic State (IS) militants late Sunday night killed 27 Iraqi fighters after a convoy of the Iranian-backed Shia Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) militias was ambushed in the oil-rich and ethnically diverse province of Kirkuk, a statement announced on Monday.

The statement posted on the PMF website mentioned that IS has taken advantage of the poor weather conditions in the area to set up a fake checkpoint and donned police uniforms to stop the convoy.

The ambush took place in the village of Saadouniya, southwest of Riyadh in the city of Hawija, in the Kirkuk Province.

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