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Iraqi army seizes more territories in Anbar's desert

Baghdad - Najla Al Taee

Over one hundred houses in western Anbar town are still booby-trapped, a mayor from Anbar from the province was quoted saying on Tuesday. “There are more than 135 booby-trapped houses in sporadic regions in Rawa town,” Hussein Ali, the mayor, told AlSumaria News. “Efforts are still being made to detonate these houses at the lowest amount of losses.” Read more

Over 25 persons killed in booby-trapped houses, west of Anbar

Baghdad - Najla Al Taee

Over twenty five persons were killed as booby-trapped houses exploded in western Anbar, an official said on Friday. “We called on authorities in question in the federal government and Anbar to dispatch team from a specialized company to remove the landmines,” Hussein Ali, mayor of Rawa town, told Baghdad Today. “The amount of explosives planted in the town is veryRead more

Iraqi forced achieve notable advance in Anbar desert

Baghdad - Najla Al Taee

Iraqi army fighter jets killed 27 Islamic State members in an air raid carried out on Wednesday, a senior paramilitary commander was quoted saying. Qatari al-Samarmad, a commander at Anbar’s mobilization forces, was quoted by IkhNews saying that army warplanes pounded an Islamic State hideout in Wadi Hawran, west of the province, killing 27 militants, including foreign nationals. He saidRead more

Iraqi army combed over 170 villages between Nineveh & Anbar

Baghdad - Najla Al Taee

Iraqi joint troops have managed to comb over 100 villages, declaring the end of the first part of second phase of the Upper Euphrates and Al-Jazirah Combing Operations, the military media said. “Army, Federal Police and al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces), backed by military jets, concluded the first part of second phase of the operations,” the War Media Cell saidRead more

Iraqi forces liberated 45 villages from grip of ISIS

Baghdad - Najla Al Taee

The leadership of the pro-government paramilitary troops have issued a statement on accomplishments made on the second day of operations to clear al-Jazeera region, which falls between each of Nineveh, Salahuddin and Anbar, the media service said. “Al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces), along with the army and Federal Police units, backed by the army jets, resumed the second day ofRead more

Anbar tribes criticize lack of safe corridors for civilians

Baghdad - Najla Al Taee

Iraqi army has liberated six villages from Islamic State militants in west of Anbar, a security source said on Monday. Speaking to AlSumaria News, the source said, “the army’s seventh division managed to liberate villages of al-Bayda, al-Bowaiba, al-Jaabariya, al-Samma, Melili and al-Rumiya, west of Rawa town.” The troops, according to the source, who preferred to remain anonymous, “freed theRead more

Security meeting in Iraq's Kirkuk to discuss federal decisions

Baghdad - Najla Al Taee

Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR) expressed its concern for the fate of innocents besieged inside Rawa, last ISIS' stronghold in Iraq. Military observers believe that the presence of civilians inside the city might force the security forces to change their military tactics in launching the liberation operation. OHCHR added that “according to the detecting sources at the commission’sRead more

Iraqi forces bombed a tunnel for ISIS in Qaim

Baghdad - Najla Al Taee

Iraqi troops have launched an offensive to liberate an Islamic State-held region, north of the recently-freed Qaim town in Anbar, a paramilitary official said on Wednesday. “Offensive to free al-Rummana, north of Qaim, was launched on Wednesday with participation of security troops and tribes,” Qutri al-Obeidi, a senior leader with al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) in al-Baghdadi region in Anbar,Read more