PMU thwarts terrorist attack in Diyala province

A commander in the Popular Mobilization Units, Muhammad al-Tamimi, confirmed the ISIS attack targeting a checkpoint in the northern part of Diyala Province was thwarted.

A commander in the Popular Mobilization Units, Muhammad al-Tamimi, confirmed the ISIS attack targeting a checkpoint in the northern part of Diyala Province was thwarted.

Al-Tamimi said in a statement, that ISIS terrorists launched an attack on a checkpoint in the outskirts of the Hawdh Khanna (90 km northeast of Baquba), indicating that the PMU forces bravely confronted it and managed to thwart it.

Al-Tamimi added that the PMU is currently operating in that area to track ISIS sleeper cells in the valleys.