5 Iraqi soldiers killed in terrorist attack

By Yusuf Alioglu and Mahmut Geldi

BAGHDAD (AA) – A number of Iraqi soldiers were killed Monday in an attack by suspected Daesh/ISIS militants on an army post in eastern Iraq, according to the country's Defense Ministry.

The attack took place between Diyala and Salahuddin provinces.

The ministry issued a statement mourning the loss of a colonel and “a number of heroic fighters of the regiment as a result of their response to a terrorist attack.”

Speaking to a local television channel, security sources said that five soldiers were killed in the attack carried out by the Daesh/ISIS terrorist organization.