Islamic State group attack kills three soldiers in west Iraq, sources say

PHOTO CAPTION: An Iraqi soldier fires from a barrier on a live-fire range at Taji Military Complex, Iraq, Dec. 16, 2019. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Alec Dionne via U.S. Defense Visual Information Distribution Service)

ANBAR, Iraq (Reuters) - Islamic State militants killed three Iraqi soldiers and wounded one during an attack on Sunday evening on a military post in western Iraq, military sources said.

Iraqi army sources said militants in two vehicles used snipers and semi-automatic guns in the attack on army soldiers stationed at a desert area near the town of Haditha, 190 km (120 miles) west of Baghdad.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but Iraqi security and military sources said it was carried out by Islamic State militants who are active in the area.

Despite the defeat of the Islamic State militant group in 2017, remnants of the group switched to hit-and-run attacks against government forces in different parts of Iraq.



(Reporting by Kamal Ayash; Writing by Ahmed Rasheed, Editing by William Maclean)