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| Iraq |
| Iraqi forces retake area near Syrian border from ISIL |
| 2017-06-05 |
| [Hurriyet Daily News] Iraqi forces retook an area near the Syrian border from the 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 Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) yesterday as part of operations to expel the jihadists from strongholds in the country’s north. The Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization) forces announced the "total liberation" of al-Baaj district "with support from the air force." "The Iraqi flag has been hoisted above its buildings," said a statement from the Hashed, an umbrella organization for pro-government paramilitaries that is dominated by Iran-backed Shiite militias. The Hashed on May 12 launched an operation to retake the Qayrawan and al-Baaj areas west of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , the country’s second city that is the target of a massive anti-ISIS operation. The forces on May 23 announced they had retaken Qayrawan. Both areas are in Nineveh, the province of which Mosul is the capital, and lie between territory under ISIS control in Iraq and Syria. The jihadists took over large swathes of territory of Iraq and Syria in 2014, but have since faced offensives on several fronts in both countries. Iraqi forces backed by the U.S.-led coalition have since October been battling to oust ISIS from Mosul. They are advancing on the last areas of the city still held by ISIS, but the presence of large numbers of civilians is slowing their progress. |
| Posted by:Fred |