17 killed in clash between ISIS, pro-government forces in Iraq
Baghdad, June 15: At least 17 people were killed in clashes between Islamic State (ISIS) militants and pro-government forces in Iraq on Monday, media reported.
The dead included 12 militants, two government soldiers and three members of Shi'ite militias that provide vital support for the army.
The clash between ISIS militants and pro-government forces took place in Baiji close to the country's biggest refinery, news agency Reuters reported.
Fighting
occurred
on
a
road
used
by
ISIS
for
supply
lines
leading
from
Baiji
to
the
nearby
town
of
Siniya
to
the
west.
Siniya
is
held
by
Islamic
State,
which
controls
a
third
of
Iraq,
as
well
as
parts
of
neighbouring
Syria.
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A large swaths of Iraq has been captured by the ISIS. Iraqi army has largely been proven ineffective against the ISIS.
The group has used beheadings and executions, sometimes videotaped, to strike fear into residents of areas it captures to try to create a self-sustaining caliphate and redraw the map of the Middle East.
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