Iraq: Daesh attack west of Baghdad kills 11, sources say

Five members of state-backed tribal force and six local people killed at check point

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Cars drive out of a tunnel in front of walls covered with murals painted by  an anti-government protesters near Tahrir Square in the centre of Iraq's capital Baghdad on November 8, 2020.
Cars drive out of a tunnel in front of walls covered with murals painted by an anti-government protesters near Tahrir Square in the centre of Iraq's capital Baghdad on November 8, 2020.
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Baghdad: A Daesh attack on a lookout point west of Baghdad manned by a state-sponsored tribal force left 11 people dead late Sunday, security sources and medics said.

“[Daesh] attacked the monitoring tower, killing five members of the tribal Hashed and six local people who had come to help repel the attack,” a security source said.

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