Baghdad - Suspected militants from the al-Qaeda terrorist network killed one civilian and wounded three others from the same family in Diyala province, north-east of Baghdad, media reports said Wednesday. The Iraqi News Agency Voices of Iraq (VOI) said militants attacked the civilians on the main road leading to al-Khales district.
In another development, the Iraqi government is sending military reinforcements into Mosul as part of a "decisive battle" against militants, al-Arabiya news channel reported.
In Kirkuk, some 250 kilometres north of Baghdad, Iraqi authorities have instituted a plan to secure the borders of the province of Nineveh, into which al-Qaeda militants stream to carry out military operations.
