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Daesh Attack Kills Two Injures Six Fighters Trained by Turkey in Iraq

© AP Photo / Militant website via APIn this picture released on June 26, 2015, by a website of Islamic State militants, Islamic State militants fire an anti-tank missile in Hassakeh, northeast Syria
In this picture released on June 26, 2015, by a website of Islamic State militants, Islamic State militants fire an anti-tank missile in Hassakeh, northeast Syria - Sputnik International
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Daesh militants launched a prolonged mortar barrage at a military base in Iraq where Turkish forces are training Sunni militiamen, killing two of the trainees and wounding six, according to Kurdish media.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A suspected Islamic State (ISIL or Daesh in Arabic — a group outlawed in Russia) attack at a northern Iraqi base killed two soldiers trained by Turkish troops and injured six, local media reported Wednesday.

"[Daesh] militants on Wednesday launched a prolonged mortar barrage at a military base in Iraq where Turkish forces are training Sunni militiamen, killing two of the trainees and wounding six," the Kurdish Rudaw Media Network reported.

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Citing former Mosul Governor Atheel Nojaifi, the outlet said the three-hour attack targeted the Gudad military base in the Mosul town of Bashik.

On December 4, Turkey deployed about 130 troops and 25 tanks to a base in Iraq's Mosul region in a move regarded by Baghdad as illegal.

Rudaw reports the Turkish troops are stationed in Bashik and Zlekan, with the stated aim of training either Kurdish Peshmerga or Sunni Hashd al-Wataniya militia volunteers.

Western media outlets cited Kurdish military sources as saying four Turkish troops were wounded in the assault.

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