Daesh/ISIS terror group kills 2 people from same family in Iraq's Saladin province

By Ali Makram Ghareeb

KIRKUK, Iraq (AA) - The Daesh/ISIS terror group killed two members of the same family Monday in an armed attack near Amirli district in Iraq's Saladin province.

Saladin Provincial Council member Atif en-Neccar told Anadolu that a father and son were killed in the attack and the terrorists fled the area.

En-Neccar said Iraqi security forces launched a large-scale operation in the region immediately after the attack.

Ahmed Abdulemir, a relative of the murdered father and son, demanded that the region be cleared of Daesh/ISIS terrorists and said that terrorists must not be allowed to re-establish their presence in the region and gain strength.

In June 2014, the Daesh/ISIS terrorist group captured Mosul, Saladin and Anbar provinces and parts of Diyala and Kirkuk provinces. The territory was recaptured from the group in December 2017 by Iraqi forces with support from a US-led international coalition against Daesh/ISIS in Iraq.

Despite the passing of nearly seven years since the Daesh/ISIS terrorist group was expelled from the region and the cities were recaptured, the organization's attacks continue, notably in rural areas of Kirkuk, Diyala, Mosul, Saladin and Anbar.

*Writing by Serdar Dincel in Istanbul