Anbar Official Says US Forces of Opening Safe Corridors for ISIL

Qusai al-Anbari told the Arabic-language al-Ma’aloumeh news website on Wednesday that the US forces in al-Anbar are making suspicious moves at the border with Syria, adding that they are creating safe corridors for the ISIL in the province.

He added that the US forces have increased deployment in Ein al-Assad and al-Ramanah bases, noting that al-Anbar province does not need presence of foreign forces.

Meantime, the Arabic-language Sumer news quoted Eid Ammash, another member of al-Anbar’s provincial council, as saying that the US forces have been deployed in two new bases, 30km away from the Eastern and Southern banks of the Euphrates river in al-Anbar province.

In relevant remarks earlier today, a senior commander of Iraq’s Hashd Al-Sha’abi (Iraqi popular forces) in al-Anbar province underlined that the US Army has been spying on security units along borders with Syria in favor of the ISIL terrorist group, and dismissed the media reports on the American troops’ pullout from Syria.

“The US Army has been trying to obtain intelligence from Hashd al-Sha’abi along Iraq-Syria borders to inform the ISIL terrorists stationed in Hajin and Souseh in Syria about the Iraqi popular forces’ movements,” al-Maloumeh news website quoted Qassim Muslih, the commander of Hashd al-Shaabi forces in al-Anbar province, as saying on Wednesday.

The Iraqi popular forces commander reiterated that after the US Army’s attempt, Hashd al-Sha’abi has reinforced its positions along borders with Syria in a move to confront any unprecedented incident.

Elsewhere, Muslih rejected the US troops’ pullout from Syria, and said that the US Army has recently dispatched massive military equipment and troops from Iraq to Syria.

He also pointed to the coordination between Iraqi and Syrian sides in combating terrorists in the region, and said, “We are waiting for the order of the Iraqi Command to cross into Syria to cleanse the surrounding areas of Iraq’s border and prevent the ISIL terrorists from crossing the border.