Peshmerga fighter wounded in clash with ISIS in Erbil
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A Peshmerga fighter was wounded northeast of Erbil’s Mount Qarachogh on Thursday while thwarting a suspected Islamic State (ISIS) attack on the Kurdish armed forces in the area, the Ministry of Peshmerga announced.
An attack by suspected ISIS members targeted a Peshmerga infantry brigade in Qarachogh’s Dara Bzmara point on Thursday evening, resulting in the wounding of one of the Peshmerga fighters. The Peshmerga repelled the attack and pushed the militants away from the area, according to a statement from the Peshmerga ministry.
The statement added that the wounded fighter is currently receiving medical treatment for his injuries, and his health is stable.
Hours prior, another attack by suspected ISIS militants using snipers targeted Peshmerga forces in Pirde district on the Erbil-Kirkuk border. The attack was thwarted by the Kurdish armed forces and did not result in any damages or casualties, according to the ministry.
Pirde district is around 40 kilometres northwest of Kirkuk. Peshmerga forces there have been targeted by ISIS militants several times late last year. Over 20 members of Peshmerga forces were killed as a result of the assaults.
ISIS killed two Peshmerga fighters, Khalid Hameed and Ako Karim, on October 30 in Pirde’s Zorgazraw area.
ISIS was declared territorially defeated in 2017, but the group continues to carry out attacks in several provinces of Iraq, and is especially active in parts of northern Iraq that are disputed by Erbil and Baghdad, including in the provinces of Kirkuk, Diyala and Salahaddin.
In its propaganda magazine on Thursday, ISIS claimed to have conducted 37 attacks in Iraq from April 28 to May 4, killing and injuring 63 people.
An attack by suspected ISIS members targeted a Peshmerga infantry brigade in Qarachogh’s Dara Bzmara point on Thursday evening, resulting in the wounding of one of the Peshmerga fighters. The Peshmerga repelled the attack and pushed the militants away from the area, according to a statement from the Peshmerga ministry.
The statement added that the wounded fighter is currently receiving medical treatment for his injuries, and his health is stable.
Hours prior, another attack by suspected ISIS militants using snipers targeted Peshmerga forces in Pirde district on the Erbil-Kirkuk border. The attack was thwarted by the Kurdish armed forces and did not result in any damages or casualties, according to the ministry.
Pirde district is around 40 kilometres northwest of Kirkuk. Peshmerga forces there have been targeted by ISIS militants several times late last year. Over 20 members of Peshmerga forces were killed as a result of the assaults.
ISIS killed two Peshmerga fighters, Khalid Hameed and Ako Karim, on October 30 in Pirde’s Zorgazraw area.
ISIS was declared territorially defeated in 2017, but the group continues to carry out attacks in several provinces of Iraq, and is especially active in parts of northern Iraq that are disputed by Erbil and Baghdad, including in the provinces of Kirkuk, Diyala and Salahaddin.
In its propaganda magazine on Thursday, ISIS claimed to have conducted 37 attacks in Iraq from April 28 to May 4, killing and injuring 63 people.