(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 9 Kurdish fighters killed by explosive devices in the northeastern province of Hasaka, Islamic State’s news agency said Monday.
The first explosive device went off in vehicle carrying five Asayish forces near the town of al-Hol, east of Hasaka city, Amaq agency reported.
The second IED has killed four fighters operating in the powerful Kurdish Democratic Union militia near the town of al-Shaddadi.
Two more Kurdish fighters killed in a grenade-bomb attack west of al-Shaddadi town, according to local sources.
Last week, the Islamic State's media network published a threatening video message purporting to come from its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in what would be his first appearance since declaring the jihadists’ now-defunct “caliphate” five years ago.
In the 18-minute video from the Al Furqan network, a bearded man with Baghdadi’s appearance says the Easter bombings in Sri Lanka were IS’s response to losses in its last territorial stronghold of Baghouz in Syria, Reuters reported.
The video would be the first from Baghdadi since he was filmed in the Iraqi city of Mosul in 2014. More recent speeches have been released as audio recordings.
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