ANBAR / Aswat al-Iraq: A wide-scale security operation has been launched on Sunday in five areas of the Anbar province.“Around 25 thousand security elements are participating in the operation,' a local police source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
He noted that the operation will embrace the cities of Ramadi, Falluja, Heet, Ana, and al-Qaim. “The operation targets terror safe hides that have been identified relying on intelligence tip offs,' the source explained.
Ramadi, the capital city of Anbar province, lies 110 km west of Baghdad.