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Iraq

Iraqi forces begin 2nd phase of military operation along Saudi and Jordanian borders

2020-04-12

[ALMASDARNEWS] The Popular Mobilization Units (Hashd al-Sha’abi) and the Iraqi Army began the second phase of their military operation along the borders of Jordan and Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
on Friday.

"The second phase will focus on four main axes, as the first axis will clear the border between Iraq and Jordan with support from the second axis, which will head towards the Iraqi-Saudi border strip towards potential targets," al-Sumaria TV reported, quoting the Hashd al-Sha’abi commander, Qassem Musleh.

Musleh continued that "the second phase will focus on vital targets and areas that have not entered before, where the third and fourth axis will head towards the Houran Valley and a number of areas that are described as difficult due to their geographical nature that the enemy exploits to hide and camouflage from our forces."

The operation’s commander indicated that "the process continues in coordination with the Iraqi Army and tribal forces.

Despite the Islamic State

...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really 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 western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
’s (ISIS/ISIS/IS/ISIS) defeat in late 2017, the group has terrorized the country with their sleeper cells, which have thrived in the desert regions of Iraq and Syria.

Posted by:Fred

#1 The main settlement in Wadi Hauran (Houran Valley) is Ar-Rutbah, an Iraqi town and seat of Ar-Rutba District. Its name means 'wet land' in Arabic because it can receive 114.3 mm of rain per year. Its total current population is 22,370 inhabitants, all of them Arabs and Sunnis.
The wadi has three dams to collect rainwater for grazing sheep and camels during the summer: the Hussayniyah dam built in the 1990s, the Rutba dam, and the Hauran barrage.

Posted by: b 2020-04-12 09:46

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