Iraq

Iraqi Armed Forces liberate strategic roadway to Baghdad

26/05/2016
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An Iraqi army tank is pictured during a military operation toward the town of Hit, in west of Ramadi, March 8, 2016. Picture taken March 8, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer - RTS9Y53
An Iraqi army tank is pictured during a military operation toward the town of Hit, in west of Ramadi, March 8, 2016. Picture taken March 8, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer - RTS9Y53
An Iraqi army tank is pictured during a military operation toward the town of Hit, in west of Ramadi, March 8, 2016. Picture taken March 8, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer – RTS9Y53

The Iraqi Army – backed by the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) – imposed full control over the strategic Karma-Baghdad Road on Tuesday evening after a long battle with the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) terrorists in east Al-Anbar. Prior to liberating the impeative Karma-Baghdad Road, the Iraqi Army and PMF imposed full control over six villages in Karma’s southern countryside, killing over 30 enemy combatants from the Islamic State in the process of this advance on Tuesday. The liberated villages in Karma’s southern countryside were identified as Al-‘Abadi, Al-Asil, Al-Luheib, Albu Hadid Al-Nasser, Yousifiyah, and Al-Jugeifah.

 

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26/05/2016
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