Iraqi forces said Friday that ISIL extremists are withdrawing deep into the desert to escape an offensive now in its second day aimed at finally defeating them, AFP reports. The militants have already been driven out of all of the towns they once held. However, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has ...
The Iraqi army, the federal police and the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) on Thursday began clearing the Al-Jazeera region straddling Salaheddin, Nineveh and Anbar provinces, regaining 4500 out of 26000 square kilometers. The operation, which liberated 56 villages, left a number of ISIL terrorists dead or injured and a ...
