2 Islamic State members arrested after crossing borders coming from Syria
Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Eleven Islamic State members were killed, while three booby-trapped vehicles were destroyed in an operation, west of Anbar, a security source from the mobilization forces of the province said on Friday.
Speaking to Almaalomah website, the source said “security troops, backed by army jets, managed to kill eleven Islamic State members in an operation that targeted Wadi al-Halkoum region and caves in the northeast of Akashat region in Rutba, west of Anbar.”
Security troops, according to the source, also destroyed three booby-trapped vehicles as well as other weapons.
Eleven Islamic State members killed in operation, west of Anbar
Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Eleven Islamic State members were killed, while three booby-trapped vehicles were destroyed in an operation, west of Anbar, a security source from the mobilization forces of the province said on Friday.
Speaking to Almaalomah website, the source said “security troops, backed by army jets, managed to kill eleven Islamic State members in an operation that targeted Wadi al-Halkoum region and caves in the northeast of Akashat region in Rutba, west of Anbar.”
Security troops, according to the source, also destroyed three booby-trapped vehicles as well as other weapons.
Seven Islamic State members killed in joint operation, west of Anbar
Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Seven Islamic State members were killed in an operation carried out by the Iraqi troops, west of Anbar, the media service of the pro-government paramilitary troops reported on Thursday.
“Joint troops of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) in Anbar, covered by army jets, carried out an operation in the western desert, which is adjacent to the Iraqi-Syrian borders, leaving seven militants, including the leader abu Aisha al-Karbouli, killed,” the website of PMFs quoted Saadi Nasser al-Tamimi, deputy commander of PMFs operation in west of Anbar.
The operation, according to Tamimi, “left three rest houses destroyed.