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Dijla Operations Command launches offensive at five regions in Diyala
Diyala (IraqiNews.com) Military operations have been launched from three regions in Diyala province, the Dijla Operations Command has declared.

"Security troops of police and army, backed by al-Hashd al-Shaabi [Popular Mobilization Units] andal-Hashd al-Ashaeri [tribal mobilization] forces and army jets, launched on Wednesday military operations at three regions to comb five areas is Hamreen basin, in north and northeastern Diyala," Mag. Gen. Mazhar al-Azzawi, told Alghad Press.

"The troops will raid Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
 havens in Hamreen including Anjana, Sarha, Qurret Tabah, Jisr Narin and Ain Laila," he said adding that the outcome of the operations will be declared over the coming few hours.

According to Azzawi, the operations "come within the leadership strategy to eradicate shelters of the Death Eater groups in Diyala."

Several offensives were launched over the past few months in eastern and northeastern regions in Diyala. Earlier this month, the command launched offensives at four regions of al-Nada basin, Hamreen, Wadi Thilab and Tilal Qazlaq in the province.

IS still holds a few areas in Salahuddin, Diyala, Anbar and Kirkuk,
... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time...
 occasionally using them as launching points for its attacks against civilians and security. The Iraqi government is currently employing most of its military power in a major campaign to drive IS out of djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
, its largest stronghold in Iraq.
Posted by: trailing wife 2017-05-19
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