Iraqi soldierCAiro, Jan 21 Eleven Iraqi soldiers killed in militant attack in Diyala province northeast of Baghdad, the Shafaq news agency reported Friday, citing a security source in the country. Karame (north of the province — ed.). 11 servicemen, including the commander of the battalion, a senior lieutenant, became victims of the attack,» the source said. Reinforcements were sent to the site of the largest IS* attack in recent years in the province, he added. , where the incident took place, is regularly targeted by militants due to weak security measures on the border between the provinces of Diyala and Salah al-Din. According to the Iraqi government, militants carried out over the past year more than 250 crashes in Iraq, including ambushes, suicide attacks, false checkpoints, kidnappings and rocket attacks. The victims of these attacks were 387 people, more than 500 were injured. At the end of 2017, the Iraqi authorities announced victory over IS *, but the Iraqi army, with the support of the militia units and the international coalition, continues to clean up from militants and operations to identify «sleeping cells» of terrorist groups in certain areas.* A terrorist organization banned in Russia.
