2022 Diyala massacre | |||||||
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Part of the Iraqi insurgency (2017–present) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Iraq | Islamic State | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Zargham Luay † | unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
11 soldiers killed | unknown |
On January 21, 2022, several Islamic State gunmen raided an Iraqi Army base in rural al-Azim district, Diyala Governorate. [a] [2] At least 11 Iraqi soldiers were killed in their sleep. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
The attacks began at around 3:00 AM when the gunmen entered the barracks, proceeding to gun down sleeping soldiers before the ISIL terrorists left. [8] [9] Eleven people, ten soldiers and one lieutenant, Zargham Luay, were killed in total. [10] [11] Islamic State later claimed responsibility for the attack via Telegram. [12] The Iraqi federal government immediately condemned the incident, launching a retaliatory airstrike against ISIL targets south of Hatra in response. [2] [13] [11] Barham Salih, former prime minister of the Kurdistan Region, also condemned the ISIL terrorist attacks. [14]
The massacre was condemned by the governments of Iraqi Kurdistan, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. [15] [16] [10] Iraqi Kurdish president Nechirvan Barzani held a telephone call with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi in which he denounced the attack and extended empathy to the people of Iraq. [17] On January 25, 2022, the United Nations Security Council voted to condemn the killings. The UN-released document is available in three languages: English, Arabic, and Kurdish. [18]
2022 Diyala massacre | |||||||
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Part of the Iraqi insurgency (2017–present) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Iraq | Islamic State | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Zargham Luay † | unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
11 soldiers killed | unknown |
On January 21, 2022, several Islamic State gunmen raided an Iraqi Army base in rural al-Azim district, Diyala Governorate. [a] [2] At least 11 Iraqi soldiers were killed in their sleep. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
The attacks began at around 3:00 AM when the gunmen entered the barracks, proceeding to gun down sleeping soldiers before the ISIL terrorists left. [8] [9] Eleven people, ten soldiers and one lieutenant, Zargham Luay, were killed in total. [10] [11] Islamic State later claimed responsibility for the attack via Telegram. [12] The Iraqi federal government immediately condemned the incident, launching a retaliatory airstrike against ISIL targets south of Hatra in response. [2] [13] [11] Barham Salih, former prime minister of the Kurdistan Region, also condemned the ISIL terrorist attacks. [14]
The massacre was condemned by the governments of Iraqi Kurdistan, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. [15] [16] [10] Iraqi Kurdish president Nechirvan Barzani held a telephone call with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi in which he denounced the attack and extended empathy to the people of Iraq. [17] On January 25, 2022, the United Nations Security Council voted to condemn the killings. The UN-released document is available in three languages: English, Arabic, and Kurdish. [18]