At around 14:45 on 8 January, a suicide vehicle borne IED detonation was reported at Aqwas Checkpoint, located north of Tikrit City along Highway 1. A Ministry of Defense statement…
On the early evening hours of 6 January, a number of IS fighters wearing military uniforms, riding as many as eight motorcycles, abducted seven individuals from Tal Kusaybah Village, located along the…
On 2 January, elements of the 20th and 16th Iraqi Army Divisions launched a largescale security operation for IS sleeper cells and explosive remnants of war along the Badush Mountains,…