Four people, including two police officers and two Iraqi soldiers, were killed when gunmen attacked an Iraqi police and army checkpoint in northeastern Baghdad's Sunni Adhamiya neighborhood at 5 a.m.
"When she left hospital, I asked the army if I could take her home to convalesce because her diabetes was so serious, but they said she had to go for winter training with the army team in northeastern China, " says Sun of her daughter.
In addition, "several" security forces were killed when the Free Syrian Army attacked a security checkpoint in Qameshli, a northeastern city, the LCC said.