4 civilians die in airstrikes near Rawa
Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Civilians of one family were killed, while another person was injured in an airstrike that targeted Islamic State havens in Anbar, a security source was quoted saying on Monday.
An airstrike by unidentified jets shelled a house on Sunday evening in Rawa town, western Anbar, the source told the Russian Sputnik news agency. Four members of one family were killed.
The shelling also left another civilian, who was near the house, injured, the anonymous source added.
On Sunday, a military source was quoted saying that Lt.Gen Abdul-Amir Yarallah, commander of the Nineveh Operation, ordered to besiege IS havens in western Anbar preparing to invade them.
Iraqi fighter jets reportedly dropped last week millions of leaflets informing locals that liberation offensives for the province were nearing.
Iraqi troops were able to return life back to normal in the biggest cities of Anbar including Fallujah, Ramadi and others after recapturing them. However, Anbar’s western towns of Annah, Qaim and Rawa are still held by the extremist group since 2014, when it emerged to proclaim a self-styled Islamic Caliphate.
Fighter jets from the Iraqi army and the international coalition have also regularly pounded IS locations in the province.
12 ISIS Bad Guys die in fighting near Annah
Annah (IraqiNews.com) Twelve Islamic State militants were killed Monday as encounters broke out between them and Iraqi army forces backed by paramilitary troops west of Anbar.
Jordan’s Petra news agency quoted Col. Gamal al-Dulaimi saying the militants were killed during clashes at the desert area around the town of Annah, a major IS stronghold west of the province and near the borders with Syria.
A military source had told Alsumaria News that intense clashes flared as an army force, backed by Tribal Mobilization troops, advanced towards the areas , 210 Km west of Ramadi.
On Sunday, Ikhnews quoted a military source saying senior Iraqi military commanders arrived in Anbar and discussed anticipated operations to retake the towns of Annah, Rawa and Qaim, on Anbar’s borders with Syria, from Islamic State militants.
The commanders directed for “advancing towards Annah’s desert areas to cut IS supply routes and besiege the group before the invasion,” the military source told the website.
7 ISIS Bad Guys smoked in Iraqi airstrikes near Rawa
Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Seven Islamic State fighters were killed in an airstrike launched by the international coalition in western Anbar, Al-Jazeera Operations Command announced on Monday.
“The U.S.-led coalition jets managed to shell a group of IS militants in north of Rawa city, located west of Anbar province,” Major-General Qassim al-Mohammadi, commander of the army’s Al-Jazeera Operations, told AlSumaria News.
“Seven militants were killed, while two vehicles were destroyed,” Mohammadi added.
Earlier on Monday, Sputnik news agency quoted a source as saying that an airstrike launched by unidentified jets shelled a house in Rawa, killing four members of one family and injuring a fifth.
Iraqi army dismantles 97 IEDs in Anbar
Anbar (IraqiNews.com) An army force has dismantled 97 improvised explosive devices (IED) in the liberated areas of Anbar governorate, Alsumaria News reported on Monday.
A Security source told Alsumaria that a force from the 8th army division managed to find 52 IEDs in several areas in Ramadi, while another force found 45 IEDs east of the city.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, the source added that the forces dismantled these IEDs.
Security forces continue its efforts to dismantle the explosives planted by IS in the liberated areas.
Early today, intense clashes broke out between Iraqi army forces and paramilitary troops on one side and Islamic State militants in western Anbar deserts.
A military source told Alsumaria News that the clashes flared as an army force, backed by Tribal Mobilization troops, advanced towards the desert areas around the IS-held town of Annah (210 Km west of Ramadi).