Iraq launches another military operation against state organization
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Iraqi forces on Thursday launched their latest military operation against the country's Islamic state by cleansing Western Sahara along the border with Syria. "On the blessing of God, the army and the popular mobilization forces have embarked on a massive operation to clean up the areas of the island located between the governorates of Salah al-Din, Nineveh and Anbar within the second phase of the operation," said the military information cell in the Iraqi forces. Cleansing operations of the island and Upper Euphrates ". The cell promised to give details of the operation and its developments later. Iraqi forces began implementing the first phase of the restoration of the island, the last areas controlled by the organization in Iraq, a few weeks ago coinciding with the start of the battles of the city of Qaim border, which was recovered by Iraqi forces earlier.In the past two days, the International Alliance aircraft have carried out several air strikes in the area targeting sites of the organization, resulting in human and material losses. The elements of the state organization in Iraq to hide in the desert of the island, which are empty areas, including valleys and lowlands in barren land, after the organization suffered heavy losses in the battles to the extreme west of Anbar.
Source: Al Jazeera + Agencies