Jihadists have killed 45 people around the Iraqi town of Hawija in the nearly three months since the government declared its “liberation” from the Islamic State group, police say.
The Iraqi government declared victory at the start of October over IS jihadists in Hawija, their last urban stronghold in the country located about 300 kilometers (185 miles) north of Baghdad.
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Since then, “at least 45 members of the security forces and civilians have been killed in IS attacks,” says a senior police officer in Kirkuk province.
Over the same period, “the Hashed al-Shaabi pro-government militia, police and paramilitary units have killed 288 jihadists and arrested another 55,” the officer tells AFP.
Iraqi military expert Sarmad al-Bayati says the presence of the jihadists “still represents a real threat to the region.”
— AFP
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