Iraqi army and the Hashd Sha’bi forces (Popular Mobilization Forces) managed on Friday to seize full control over the Baghdadi island after liberating it from the so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIL) terrorist group, a statement by The Joint Operations read. The national military inflicted ISIL terrorists ...
Iraq announced Thursday that its forces have recaptured a northern town from the ISIL group in an operation launched ahead of a push for the city of Mosul. Security forces began the operation on Tuesday to oust the ISIL group from Sharqat, a town near supply lines needed for the ...