Four Iraqi soldiers killed in machine gun attack

KIRKUK, Iraq — A machine gun attack on a remote northern Iraqi military post killed four soldiers on Saturday, a military source said, the latest unrest in the troubled region.اضافة اعلان

The source said the pre-dawn assault targeted the desert post near Kirkuk, where remnants of Daesh are active, as well as Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) rebels waging an insurgency against Turkey.

Both Baghdad’s forces and those of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region claim the area where the assault occurred.

No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.

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