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Islamic State claims responsibility for attack that killed policeman near Iraq’s Kirkuk

by | Oct 5, 2026 | JPost | 0 comments

An Iraqi police patrol transports Iraqi detainees to the Karkh Court during the trial of six French citizens accused of terrorism in Baghdad, on October 5, 2026; Illustrative. (photo credit: AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP via Getty Images)
Despite the defeat of the Islamic State’s self-declared caliphate nearly a decade ago, the group retains sleeper cells in Iraq, Iraqi security officials told Reuters ahead of the US withdrawal.

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