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Iraq
Iraqi, Kurdish forces launch new phase of anti-ISIS operation
2022-08-19
[Rudaw] The Iraqi army and Peshmerga forces on Thursday launched a fresh phase in an operation targeting remnants of 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....
 (ISIS) in the provinces of Diyala and Salahaddin, a month after another similar operation was carried out.

The operation is conducted in the disputed territories between Erbil and Baghdad and is the fifth phase of an expansive operation dubbed Solid Will, this time targeting ISIS in Diyala and Tuz Khurmatu, Iraq's Security Media Cell reported.

"The uninhabited areas, villages, and separating borders will also be searched and cleared in areas of common interest, to pursue the remnants of terrorist elements ... to dry up the sources of terrorism and ensure security and stability," the cell said.

Nabil Mohammed Salih, director of the joint operations center between the Iraqi army and Peshmerga in Khanaqin, confirmed to Rudaw on Thursday that the operation stretching from Tuz Khurmatu in Salahaddin province to Khanaqin in Diyala province had begun.

Both forces last month launched the fourth phase of the operation near Makhmour town, targeting ISIS turbans in the Qarachogh mountains, an infamous region synonymous with ISIS activity.
Related:
Diyala: 2022-08-10 Good Morning
Diyala: 2022-08-10 Iraqi Army PMF carried out an operation against ISIS in Diyala
Diyala: 2022-08-05 ISIS kills five Iraqi soldiers in Diyala, says local official
Related:
Salahaddin: 2022-07-20 Iraqi Army, Peshmerga Launch Joint Operation Against ISIS South Of Erbil
Salahaddin: 2022-05-23 National Security Agency captures 21 ISIS members in separate security operations in four governorates
Salahaddin: 2022-05-21 Security forces seize a rocket launchpad in Saladin
Related:
Solid Will: 2022-07-20 Iraqi Army, Peshmerga Launch Joint Operation Against ISIS South Of Erbil
Solid Will: 2022-06-17 Iraqi Forces, PMF finished the 3rd stage of Solid Will Operations
Solid Will: 2022-06-09 Iraqi forces kill two terrorists in Al-Anbar
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