Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi army forces managed to thwart a suicide attack, using a booby-trapped vehicle, on Baiji-Haditha road, north of Anbar, a source told Alsumaria News on Sunday.
The source said, “A booby-trapped vehicle, driven by a suicide bomber, attacked a checkpoint belonging to the 3rd regiment of the army’s 27th brigade on Baiji-Haditha road, north of Anbar.”
“Security forces managed to shell the vehicle using Kornet rockets, as well as killing the suicide bomber,” the source added on condition of anonymity.
Noteworthy, army’s 27th brigade is controlling and securing Baiji-Haditha road, after being liberated last year from the Islamic State’s grip.
16 ISIS fighters die near Haditha
Anbar (IraqiNews.com) The Command of the Army’s 7th brigade in Anbar informed on Sunday, that 16 members of the Islamic State were killed, and two car bombs belonging to the group were destroyed, during a security operation, west of the province.
The Command said in a press statement, “Forces from the army’s 7th brigade and Jazeera Operations, Baked by al-Hashd al-Ashaeri and the international coalition air force, carried out a security operation in the desert area between Haditha and Anah (210 km west of Ramadi).”
“The operation resulted in the killing of 16 terrorists from the Islamic State, including two suicide bombers, as well as destroying two car bombs belonging to the group,” the statement added.
“Three premises belonging to the extremist group were also destructed during the operation, in addition to a mortar shell,” the statement further explained.
The Command also revealed that no human or material losses were inflicted on the security forces arrying out the operation.