SULAIMANI (ESTA) — A Kurdish police officer was killed in an Islamic State (ISIS) attack in southwest of Kirkuk on Tuesday, a military commander said.
ISIS militants attacked Iraqi guards at the Khabaz oilfield in west of Kirkuk on Tuesday morning, Kirkuk operations commander Saad Harbiya said.
A Kurdish policer was killed in clashes between the guards and ISIS militants near the oilfield, Harbiya added.
ISIS militants sporadically attack Iraqi security forces and civilians in Kirkuk, Diyala, Salahuddin, Anbar and Nineveh provinces.
The federal government announced victory over Islamic State by the end of 2017 after Iraqi and Kurdish forces backed by U.S.-led Coalition regained control of areas once captured by the militant group.
Despite its defeat, ISIS still poses a threat to the security and stability of the country as there are still sleeper cells in Iraq.
