The militants took the tows of Perawan and Baghdadi near Haditha and Hit on Sunday only to be driven out hours later by local tribal forces backed up by the Iraqi security.
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Weeks of fighting have forced thousands to flee and have inflicted heavy losses. From Ramadi ISIL fighters militarily threaten Baghdad.
Details about Friday’s attack – or attacks – were scarce and often contradictory. “They used six suicide vehicles followed by a commando of fighters wearing explosive belts”, an unidentified military source told AFP.
A mass grave containing the bodies of around 40 civilians has been found in the Iraqi city of Ramadi, a regional official said Monday.
Many Sunnis do not believe Iraq’s majority Shi’ite-led government respects them.
In an operation described as “out of the box”, the daring SAS shooter helped push ISIS back and save 20 innocent civilians.
Daesh Takfiri militants have reportedly abducted almost 80 teachers in Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh after the instructors refused to promote the group’s heavily-distorted interpretations of religious principles in areas under their control.
About 3,000 families remaining in Fallujah could be used as human shields, said Hashimi, who has worked with the Iraqi government.
“We were 15 homes”.
“We waited until ISIS went to another alley, and we all left together”. But Iraqi commanders hoped to overtake the belligerent areas by nightfall. USA government officials have shared that the sorties also saw the death of at least one of the terrorists involved in planning the Paris attacks.
The footage also shows two other locations being hit with airstrikes, erupting with similar force.
“They knocked at the door and told my husband to prepare for us to leave with them, because the Rawafidh and infidels are coming to kill us all”, she said, using a derogatory term for Shiites. Defeating ISIS there will require more than just frequent air strikes and sophisticated equipment. We only had flour for animals.
BAGHDAD (AP) – Islamic State group militants continue to launch a series of counterattacks against Iraqi government forces on the edges of the western city of Ramadi days after the militant group was driven out of the city center, according to the U.S.-led coalition.
Since the deadly blasts the Islamic State group have claimed responsibility for the attacks via an online statement.
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Map of Iraq locating the Speicher military base, where Islamic State attacked trainee police officer …
