Iraq: Popular Mobilization Commander killed in ISIS attack

SANAA, Sept. 7 (YPA) – The Popular Mobilization Forces announced on Monday that an attack by “ISIS” north of Khanaqin was repelled, and a commander of the 28th Brigade was confirmed killed during the same attack.
“Alsumaria News” quoted a statement by the Popular Mobilization Forces, in which he said that “the forces of the 28th Brigade of the Popular Mobilization Forces were able to defeat the remnants of the terrorist ISIS that launched an attack on the brigade units north of Khanaqin.”
The statement added that “the forces of the 28th Brigade of the Popular Mobilization Forces were able to defeat the“ ISIS ”who attacked, yesterday evening, Sunday, the brigade’s units in the Qulay district, north of Khanaqin district, noting that“ ISIS fled and are now being chased, while the attack resulted in the killing of the commander in the brigade. 28 In the Popular Mobilization Forces, Hussein Razzaq Al-Mayahi, while participating in the confrontation with terrorists, with sniper fire.