conflict On January 21, 2022, several Islamic State gunmen raided an Iraqi Army base in rural al-Azim district, Diyala Governorate.

[2][3][4][5][6][7] The attacks began at around 3:00 AM when the gunmen entered the barracks, proceeding to gun down sleeping soldiers before the ISIL terrorists left.

[8][9] Eleven people, ten soldiers and one lieutenant, Zargham Luay, were killed in total.

[12] The Iraqi federal government immediately condemned the incident, launching a retaliatory airstrike against ISIL targets south of Hatra in response.

[2][13][11] Barham Salih, former prime minister of the Kurdistan Region, also condemned the ISIL terrorist attacks.