Commander of Abbas brigade killed during liberation battle of al-Bashir

(IraqiNews.com) Kirkuk – A source in al-Hashd al-Turkmani announced on Sunday, that the commander of al-Abbas brigade was killed in a suicide bombing during the ongoing liberation operations of Kasabet al-Bashir area in southern Kirkuk.

The source said in a statement obtained by IraqiNews.com, “The commander of al-Abbas brigade Abu Ahmed al-Badri was killed in a suicide bombing in the village of Albu Moufarej in western Kasabet al-Bashir, during the advance of al-Hashd al-Shaabi forces to liberate the area in southern Kirkuk.”

Noteworthy, al-Hashd al-Turkmani and the forces from al-Abbas brigade had carried out an operation to cleanse the areas of Tel Ahmed and al-Azba in southern Kirkuk, and raised the Iraqi flag over these areas.