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Anbar Antix
20 ISIS Turbans turned into a fine, red mist in airstrike in HadithaAnbar (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi army fighter jets killed 20 Islamic State fighters on Wednesday before they carried out an attack on army forces in Anbar’s city of Haditha, a military official has said. L. Gen. Qassem al-Mohammadi, commander of the army’s al-Jazeeera Operations, said the militants were detected and targeted by the air force while approaching an army deployment west of Um al-Wez region, southwest of Haditha. The Iraqi army command in Anbar declared on the 5th of January the start of operations to retake western Anbar regions, close to the borders with Syria, from militants who occupied them since the emergence of the Islamic State in 2014. The operations lasted for a few days, recapturing a few villages, before halting again. Observes see confusion regarding readiness to launch operations in the province, pointing out to the fact that the start of the security offensive was not officially declared by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi as was the case with Mosul, where government forces have recaptured a half of the city. Security sources said a week earlier that the government had decided to halt battles in Anbar until the end of security operations to retake Mosul, Islamic State’s biggest bastion in Iraq. Car bomb detonates in Ramai, no casualties Anbar (IraqiNews.com) A police source in Anbar Province revealed that a booby-trapped vehicle exploded in central Ramadi City, Alsumaria News reported on Wednesday. The source said, “This morning, a booby-trapped vehicle, parked on the roadside near street 17 in central Ramadi, exploded, after the arrival of the military engineering teams to dismantle it, without causing any casualties.” “Security forces cordoned off the area of incident, and imposed strict procedures in anticipation of the presence of any other threats,” the source added on condition of anonymity. Noteworthy, security forces and tribal fighters are controlling the city of Ramadi, after being liberated in 2015 from the Islamic State group. Posted by: badanov 2017-01-26 |
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