Iraqi security forces advance in military vehicles in Kirkuk, Iraq October 16, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVESBAGHDAD - 30 November 2017: The Iraqi security forces thwarted a Daesh attack on a checkpoint in northeastern Diyala province, an unidentified security source was quoted by Iraqi news agency as saying Thursday.A checkpoint manned by the Popular Mobilization Forces in a village in the area of Qara-Tuba, in northeastern Diyala, was attacked by a mortar shell, before the mobilization forces thwarted the attack and chased the militants, the source said.Meanwhile, three people were injured when a mortar shell landed at a field in northeastern Baqubah city

Source: Egypt Today November 30, 2017 12:56 UTC