INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Shafaq News/ Tribal figures in Diyala warned of mass displacement from the Sheikh Baba basin, northern Jalawla, with ISIS militants ramping
up attacks against the civilians and the security authorities unable to handle the threat of the insurgent groups.Yesterday, a group of ISIS
militants attacked the village of al-Islah in Jalawla with rifles and mortar shells, killing nearly twelve persons, including women and
Abu Ahmed al-Hayali, a dignitary from al-Islah, said in a statement to Shafaq News Agency, "the residents of ten villages have appealed to
These villages might be evacuated following the attack by ISIS militants yesterday.""The villages of the Sheikh Baba basin are Harboring
huge security concerns following yesterday's brazen attack," he added
Al-Hayali held the Iraqi army responsible for the recurrent security breaches in the territory
"They do not devise or execute plans that might deter the movements of the extremist group members," he added
"The fifth division's 74th brigade did a better job than the 51st brigade," he continued, "We still do not know how."Al-Hayali called for
organizing the locals into a formation of the Tribal Mobilization in order to deter the recurrent attacks and bloody incursions, dismissing
the "dredging of orchards and sporadic operations" as useless measures
A senior officer in the Tribal Mobilization in northern Jalawla, Mahdi al-Khattab, attributed the inclination of the locals toward
displacement to the security authorities' failure to find proper solutions
"The Sheikh Baba basin is a vulnerable territory
The locals live with constant fears and concerns of security failure," he added, "the locals and tribes of Sheikh Baba have filed an
application to form a tribal Mobilization here since 2018
All they received, however, was empty promises.""Northern Jalawla has lost 80 martyrs and dozens of injured people since 2018
The locals are yet to receive any compensations amid negligence of the Tribal Mobilization and the lack of financial or logistic support."
"The Tribal Mobilization is not classified as a security body despite its contributions to the battle against ISIS since 2014," the
