Media reported earlier in the day, that two members of the paramilitary forces, also known as Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi, had been killed and 11 people had been injured as they had fallen in Daesh ambush en route from the city of Mosul to the city of Tuz Khurma.
"As a result of the cowardly attack of the militants… on Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi on the Makhmur-Mosul highway, six fighters were killed, 31 people sustained injuries and were hospitalized in Al Qayyarah hospital," the statement read.
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On February 25, the Popular Mobilization Forces, supporting the Iraqi military in its fight against Daesh, announced a large-scale campaign to purge Iraq's western regions near the Syrian border of terrorists.
*Daesh (also known as ISIS/ISIL/IS) is a terrorist group banned in Russia, US and many other countries