On Sunday, the Joint Operations Command in Iraq announced that its forces had thwarted an infiltration of "terrorist" elements from inside the Syrian territories after clashing with them.
In a press release, it stated: "A force from the Third Regiment, the Sixth Brigade, in the Sixth District Border Command responded last night to an infiltration attempt by a terrorist group for the purpose of crossing from the Syrian side towards Iraqi territory in the Dukji border area in Nineveh Governorate. .
The statement added that the security forces clashed at the same time with another terrorist group from inside the Iraqi territories on Mount Sinjar after they opened fire towards the same regiment and the clash continued for half an hour.
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