Kirkuk: At least seven members of the federal police were killed in an attack on Sunday near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, where Daesh group militants are still active, according to police and government sources.

These people were being taken in a truck when the bomb exploded. According to a federal police officer, speaking under the condition of anonymity, there was a "direct small arms attack" near the village of Chalal al-Matar, blaming Daesh for the attack.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. Two policemen were also injured in the attack, the official said, adding, "One attacker has been killed and we are looking for the others."

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Seven policemen, including an officer, were killed in the attack, according to an interior ministry official in Baghdad. From 2014 to late 2017, Daesh brutally ruled large parts of Iraq and Syria, establishing a "caliphate" that was defeated by Iraqi forces aided by a US-led military coalition.

Daesh lost its last stronghold in Syria in 2019, near the Iraqi border. Even though the US-led anti-Daesh coalition ended its combat operations in Iraq in December last year, about 2,500 US troops are still stationed there as trainers.

However, there are still active remnants of Daesh in several Iraqi provinces. Security forces in Baghdad are still engaged in counter-insurgency operations against the organization, and reports of Daesh fighters being killed in airstrikes and raids are common.

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Despite setbacks that have reduced Daesh to a shell of its former self, according to a UN report published earlier this year, the organization still maintains an underground network of between 6,000 and 10,000 fighters capable of carrying out attacks on both sides of Jharjhara. can call for Iraqi-Syrian border.

A roadside bomb blast in a farm north of Baghdad killed three Iraqi soldiers on Wednesday, according to the Defense Ministry. The bombing took place at a location where Daesh sleeper cells are known to be active, was not immediately claimed.

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Last month, four soldiers were killed in a machine gun attack on an outpost in northern Iraq, according to a military source. No one immediately claimed responsibility.

Daesh took credit for a twin suicide attack on a Baghdad market in January 2021 that killed 32 people; It was the first such attack in the city in more than three years.