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Iraqi Army begins 3rd phase of operation against ISIS |
2019-08-06 |
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Iraqi Armed Forces have begun the third phase of "Operation Will of Victory" (Arada al-Nasr), which targets the remaining Islamic State![]() Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... (ISIS/ISIS/IS/ISIS) sleeper cells in Iraq. The Deputy Commander of the Joint Operations of Iraq, Special Forces Team, Abdel-Emir Rashid Yarallah, told the Sputnik News Agency in a statement on Monday that the Iraqi Armed Forces had begun the third phase of the operation, with the primary target being the Diyala countryside. "Under the guidance of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and under the supervision of the Joint Operations Command, the third phase of the Will of Victory operation was launched at 6:00 A.M. this morning in Diyala," Yarallah stated. He said the operation is specifically targeting the Islamic State sleeper cells in the northern part of Muqdadiyah District. The operation is led by the Iraqi Army’s 5th Division and will include Hashd al-Sha’abi and the Diyala police forces. The previous phase of Operation Will of Victory concluded on Thursday, July 25th. Operation Will of Victory: 2019-07-17 U.S. airstrike kills two terrorists inside Nineveh tunnel Diyala: 2019-08-02 Four Kurdish security members, including commander, killed in ISIS attack south of Kirkuk Diyala: 2019-08-01 Iraqi security forces shell 3 Islamic State outposts in Diyala Diyala: 2019-07-31 Roadside bomb wounds two Iraqi civilians in Diyala Muqdadiyah District: 2017-02-06 Diyala Defenses Muqdadiyah District: 2017-01-31 Diyala Defenses Muqdadiyah District: 2017-01-30 Diyala Defenses |
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