2022 Diyala massacre

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2022 Diyala massacre
Part of the Iraqi insurgency (2017–present)
Date12 January 2022
Location
Al-Azim district, Diyala Governorate, Iraq
Result Inconclusive
Belligerents
Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq AQMI Flag asymmetric.svg Islamic State
Commanders and leaders
Flag of Iraq.svg Zargham Luay   † unknown
Casualties and losses
11 soldiers killed unknown

On January 21, 2022, several Islamic State gunmen raided an Iraqi Army base in rural al-Azim district, Diyala Governorate. [lower-alpha 1] [2] At least 11 Iraqi soldiers were killed in their sleep. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

The attacks began at around 3:00 AM when the gunmen entered the barracks, proceeding to gun down sleeping soldiers before the ISIL terrorists left. [8] [9] Eleven people, ten soldiers and one lieutenant, Zargham Luay, were killed in total. [10] [11] Islamic State later claimed responsibility for the attack via Telegram. [12] The Iraqi federal government immediately condemned the incident, launching a retaliatory airstrike against ISIL targets south of Hatra in response. [2] [13] [11] Barham Salih, former prime minister of the Kurdistan Region, also condemned the ISIL terrorist attacks. [14]

The massacre was condemned by the governments of Iraqi Kurdistan, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. [15] [16] [10] Iraqi Kurdish president Nechirvan Barzani held a telephone call with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi in which he denounced the attack and extended empathy to the people of Iraq. [17] On January 25, 2022, the United Nations Security Council voted to condemn the killings. The UN-released document is available in three languages: English, Arabic, and Kurdish. [18]

Notes

  1. ↑ al-Azim is nearby the city of Baqubah. [1]

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References

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