Al Jazeera: ISIL claims attack on pro-government militia in Iraq
ISIL claims responsibility for an attack that killed more than two dozen fighters in Iraq's Kirkuk province.
More than two dozen members of a pro-government militia in Iraq have been killed after being ambushed by disguised Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters.
Twenty-seven members of Hashd al-Shaabi, or the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), were killed after clashes broke out late Sunday in Hawija, a town in Iraq's oil-rich Kirkuk province, the militia said in a statement on Monday.
ISIL - also known as ISIS - claimed responsibility for the attack and said 30 people had been killed in the ambush, local media reported.
It was the deadliest attack against PMF fighters since October when pro-government forces retook Hawija from ISIL.
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WNU Editor: This is what will probably become the new normal in Iraq. Low intensity fights. IEDs. Terror attacks.
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