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Shafaq News- Saladin<\/p>\n
Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) fighters repelled an ISIS attack on a security position in Tuz Khurmatu district in Iraq\u2019s eastern Saladin province on Sunday, prompting a joint Iraqi Army-PMF operation to pursue the attackers.<\/p>\n
The PMF\u2019s 63rd Brigade said its forces forced the attackers to retreat into rugged terrain. No casualties were reported.<\/p>\n
A security source told Shafaq News that Iraqi Army and PMF forces launched a large-scale search operation around the mountains and nearby areas to track the attackers, identify their route and possible hideouts, and prevent further movement.<\/p>\n
The 63rd Brigade is a Turkmen PMF formation under the Northern and East Tigris Operations Command. Iraqi forces have repeatedly targeted ISIS cells across the Tuz Khurmatu-Kirkuk belt, including suspected hideouts in the Balkana Mountains in January and Wadi Zghaitoun<\/a> in Kirkuk on August 17.<\/p>\n