Iraqi allied forces have liberated 70 percent of ISIL terrorist group’s last bastion in the country, local source said on Friday. Sputnik International quoted Naeem al-Kaoud, head of the Anbar council’s security committee, as saying that Iraqi army, backed by volunteer forces have so far liberated 70 percent of Al-Qaim ...
Iraqi forces on Tuesday battled up to the edge of Al-Qa’em, the largest town still held by the ISIL group in the country, as they pushed a final assault on the terrorists. Iraq’s Joint Operations Command said government troops captured the village of Al-Obeidi, some 20 kilometers (12 miles) from ...