16 ISIS Bad Guys smoked in fighting near Rawa
Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Tens of Islamic State militants were killed during the liberation of the group’s last stronghold in western Anbar, an official was quoted saying on Saturday.
Speaking to Russian Sputnik news agency, Na’eem al-Kaoud, head of Anbar provincial council’s security committee, said troops killed sixteen IS members on Friday during battles in Rawa.
Brig. Gen. Yehia Rasool, spokesperson for the Joint Operations Command, announced in a statement on Friday, achieving “great victory” in Rawa, stressing that advance will resume in the depth of desert toward the Syrian borders.
Iraqi Interior Minister has said that the military presence of IS is over after the liberation of Rawa in western Anbar.
The War Media Cell said operations launched on the dawn of Friday for the “liberation of Rawa”.
Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi announced, earlier this month, liberation of Qaim in record time. Troops also freed Ebeidi and Krabla regions in western Anbar.
16 ISIS Bad Guys detained near Rawa
Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Fifteen Islamic State militants were arrested, while 160 IEDs were found in Anbar.
“Security troops and tribes managed to arrest fifteen IS members, while checking identities of families in Rawa, western Anbar,” the source told Baghdad Today website.
In related news, Eastern Anbar Operations Command confiscated 160 explosives that were planted by IS in al-Karma region, east of Anbar.
In press remarks, Maj. Gen. Saad al-Harbiya, indicated reports over presence of booby-trapped jerrycans in al-Harariyat region in al-Karma, east of Fallujah.
Army troops, according to Harbiyah, managed to remove the explosives.