BAGHDAD (Dispatches) – At least two paramilitary Hashd al-Shaabi fighters were martyred and another wounded Sunday in a clash with Daesh terrorists in Iraq's eastern province of Diyala, a provincial security source said.
The clash erupted during an operation carried out by a Hashd al-Shaabi brigade to hunt down Daesh terrorists and destroy their hideouts in rugged areas in Diyala's provincial capital Baquba, some 65 km northeast of Baghdad, Issa Hamid, from the provincial operations command, told Xinhua.
Later in the day, the Hashd al-Shaabi carried out a search operation in the area and found different kinds of weapons and explosives left by the Daesh terrorist group as they fled the scene, Hamid said.
The Hashd al-Shaabi fighters found blood spots in the destroyed hideouts indicating that the terrorists sustained casualties, Hamid added.