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Anbar Antix
 War reporter dies near QaimBaghdad (IraqiNews.com) A war correspondent has been killed while covering military operations in west of Anbar, the pro-government paramilitary troops announced on Thursday. “The war correspondent and media official of the 13th brigade of al-Hashd al-Shaabi [Popular Mobilization Forces] was killed while accompanying security troops during operation in Qaim and Iraqi-Syrian borders,” the media service said. The photojournalist Montather Adel, who was accompanying Rana al-Ojaili, the correspondent, was injured,” the statement added. Iraqi troops capture al-Sa’eedan region Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Security troops have liberated a region, held by Islamic State militants in their last stronghold in Anbar, a security source from Jazeera Operations Command said. “Iraqi troops raised the flag above buildings in al-Sa’eedan region, northwest of Rawa, after liberating it. The militants booby-trapped the buildings and roads,” the source told SNG website on Thursday. “Troops, backed by army jets, managed to kill many IS members,” he said indicating collapse of the militant group’s defense. In related news, the Iraqi army announced erecting a floating bridge between Annah and Rawa. “Army started erecting a floating bridge between Annah and Rawa in western Anbar ahead of invading Rawa,” Maj. Gen. Noaman al-Zawba’ie, commander of the seventh division, told Alghad Press. “The bridges between the two towns are destroyed and cannot be used at the meantime. Thus, another one will be set up so that troops could pass toward Rawa,” he added. Thirteen villages were freed, while forty-five IS members and two suicide bombers were killed in three days in western Anbar, according to a statement issued on Wednesday by the War Media Cell. Posted by: badanov 2017-11-17 |
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