According to the Iraqi security forces, there has been another attack by the terrorist organization ISIS. The target of the attack was a police headquarters in Abara town in the province of Diyala bordering on Baghdad. Three police officers and one civilian were killed, two police officers and five civilians were injured. Politicians from Diyala are calling on the government to strengthen the security forces in the region.

The Turkish invasion in northern Syria, which began last autumn, has massively strengthened the ISIS. Jihadists who had managed to flee into the desert in the Syrian-Iraqi border region during the liberation offensive "Cizire Storm" of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) were able to reorganize themselves largely unhindered. Since then, attacks by ISIS cells have become increasingly frequent in the region. In Iraq, locations in Salahaddin, Diyala, Nineveh and Kirkuk are particularly affected.

On Saturday night, ten members of the Shiite militia alliance Hashd al-Shaabi died in an ISIS attack in Salahaddin.