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| PMF locates five ISIS Madhafas in Hamrin Mountains | |
| 2021-12-13 | |
| [SHAFAQ] al-Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) announced locating ISIS Madhafas in Hamrin Mountains.The PMF's media department said in a statement that the forces seized five Madhafas that host ISIS turbans in Hamrin Mountains in Diyala. Madhafa translates literally as "hospitality."
In the same context, the Security media cell announced in a statement that the army's aircraft destroyed two ISIS hideouts, during a combing campaign in Kirkuk. Earlier today, a joint force from al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces-PMF) Operations Command in Diyala and Diyala's Operations Command of the Iraqi army launched a large-scale military operation to pursue ISIS remnants in the Hemrin mountains area. The Commander of the PMF Operations in Diyala, Taleb al-Mousawi, said that the operation covers six axes in the territory between Baghdad-Kirkuk and Qara Tappa-Ain Laila roads. "The PMF was in charge of the first, second, and sixth axes. Diyala's Operations first brigade took over the first axes, the fourth brigade covered the second, and the 23rd brigade, Nidaa Diyala, and the Special Force was in the last axis," he said, "the operation's aerial coverage was provided by the Iraqi army aircraft." "The operation was launched per intelligence information and long-term surveillance by cameras," the PMF elaborated, "the PMF supporting forces backed the attacking forces as they advance in the axis." | |
| Posted by:Fred |