UPDATE: Insurgents repelled after Mansuriya attack
Militants came within 2 kilometers of a major natural gas field before elite counter-terrorism forces arrived by helicopter.
Iraqi security forces fire artillery during clashes with insurgents on the outskirts of the town of Udaim in Diyala province on June 22, 2014. (Reuters)
BAQUBA - Iraqi security forces appear to have repelled an attack on the Mansuriya gas field, in Diyala province, after insurgents took over at least seven villages in the area.
According to a Diyala province security official, at 3 a.m. Thursday, unidentified insurgents began attacking and eventually took control of seven villages: Al-Showhani, Al-Uboor, Al-Mashroa, Kurd Ali, Al-Arabdha, Al-Majarir, and Al-Byter. The area has been under siege for at least three days, he said.
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