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Iraq
Iraqi forces liberate H-2 Airbase near Syrian border
2017-10-27
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Iraqi Armed Forces launched their long-awaited Syrian border offensive, today, targeting 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
’s last major stronghold near Syria’s Deir Ezzor Governorate.

Led by a plethora of Hashd al-Sha’abi and army units, the Iraqi Armed Forces began the offensive by storming the Islamic State’s positions at several sites in southwest Iraq, including the H-2 Airbase, and al-Husseiniyeh and al-Nadiatiyah villages.

Not long after launching their assault, the Iraqi Armed Forces imposed full control over the H-2 Airbase and several villages, killing scores of Islamic State turbans in the process.

With the Islamic State pocket south of al-Qa’im nearly cleared, the Iraqi Armed Forces should be able to reach the aforementioned city in the coming days.
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