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Anbar Antix
 Not enough kops to protect Heet from ISIS Anbar (IraqiNews.com) A local official in Anbar warned on Tuesday that the Islamic State militants could sneak easily into the city of Hit, northwest of Ramadi, noting that the number of police troops available was not enough to protect it. In remarks to Alsumaria News,the president of the council of Hit, Mohammed al-Mohammadi, said that Hit, 70 km west of Ramadi, is surrounded by desert from the eastern, western and southern sides, noting that the IS elements can ‘sneak into the city easily’. “The number of police personnel is 50 officers only, which is not enough to protect the city, compared to 1,000 officers before ISIS took control of the area,” he added. Al-Mohammadi asked Anbar police chief, Hadi Zreig, to increase the number of police personnel in Hit in order to protect the city from any threat by the terror group. Hit witness chronic security breaches such as suicide attacks against civilians and security forces. The government, winning Mosul back, plans to aim at other IS havens across Iraq, including Anbar’s western areas close to the borders with Syria. Soldier dies in IED attack near Ramadi Anbar (IraqiNews.com) A Soldier was killed and three others wounded in an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion in western Ramadi, Anbar Governorate, a security source told Alsumaria News on Tuesday. “An IED planted on the side of a highway west of the city of Ramadi exploded today afternoon, killing one soldier and wounding three others,” the source said. The source, speaking on condition of anonymity, added that a security force cordoned off the blast’s scene and transferred the injured to a nearby hospital. The Islamic State currently has a grip on the cities of Annah, Rawa and Al-Qa’im in western Anbar Governorate since mid-2014. Security forces continue preparations to liberate these cities, Alsumaria reported. On Monday, the Iraqi Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi, declared victory in the city of Mosul over IS, ending an eight-month campaign backed by a U.S.-led coalition and paramilitary forces. The victory in Mosul means that the Iraqi government will carry on with further offensives to retake other IS holdouts across Iraq, including those in Anbar near the Syrian borders. Paramilitary groups backing the government forces, Popular Mobilization Forces, said last month they had taken control over the border line between Anbar and Syria. Posted by: badanov 2017-07-12 |
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