Iraq Daily Roundup: Ten Killed

by | Aug 21, 2022 | 0 comments

At least 10 people were killed, and another was wounded, in recent violence:

Six militants were killed in airstrikes in the Hamrin Mountains. Among them was local ISIS leader Abu Maryam al-Qahtani.

A former P.K.K. member was shot dead in Duhok after receiving repeated death threats from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (P.K.K.) since he left the group a few months ago.

In Baghdad, the body of an unidentified woman was found bearing gunshot wounds. A person was shot to death in the Baladiyat district.

Gunmen in Rifaie killed a man in a drive-by shooting.

Security forces injured a militant in Hawija.

Margaret Griffis is a journalist from Miami Beach, Florida and has been covering Iraqi casualties for Antiwar.com since 2006.

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