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Third Islamic State attack in three days hits northern Iraq

The Kurdistan Region’s peshmerga forces suffer another attacked by Islamic State fighters.

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Volunteers distribute food to Syrians who have been recently turned refugees upon arriving at the Bardarash camp, near the Kurdish city of Dohuk, in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, on Oct. 20, 2019. — SAFIN HAMED/AFP via Getty Images

The Islamic State (IS) attacked Kurdistan Region security forces in northern Iraq again today. 

The assault occurred north of Kifri in the Diyala province. There were casualties among the Kurdistan Region’s peshmerga forces, the Erbil-based news outlet Kurdistan 24 reported

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