Seven Iraqi soldiers killed in a bomb blast south of Baghdad
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Smoke billows from Fallujah's southern Shuhada neighborhood, following shelling by Iraqi forces during an operation to regain control of the area from Daesh on June 13, 2016.
At least seven Iraqi soldiers have been killed after a bomb hit a military checkpoint south of the capital city of Baghdad.
According to the reports, an Iraqi source said the blast targeted a military checkpoint near Yusufiyah district to the south of Baghdad on Wednesday.
The explosion was carried out by a bomber wearing an explosive belt, the source said, adding that several people were also injured in the attack.
No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack but ISIL Takfiri terrorists usually target military positions and civilians in the Arab country.
In another development on Wednesday, Iraqi security forces launched a wide-scale attack against a ISIL (Daesh) position in Albu Rishah district in the city of Ramadi in Anbar province, killing Fouad al-Ziabi, a senior commander of the group, and a number of his companions.
Also on Wednesday, Iraqi media said that the country’s security forces managed to retake the districts of Resalah and Khadrah in southern Fallujah from the Daesh terror group.
The security forces also regained control of three areas in the town of Amiriyah to the south of Fallujah, leaving scores of Daesh terrorists dead.
Separately, Daesh executed 19 residents of Shirqat town to the south of Mosul city in Salahuddin province by firing squad for cooperating with and spying for security forces.
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