Iraqi Army controls bulk of Anbar Desert

The Commander of the Seventh Division in the Iraqi army has said that control of the greater part of the desert province of Anbar has now been seized by the Army, which comes a few days after the start of the massive military operation to destroy the nests of Terrorist groups affiliated with Al -Qaeda and completely eliminate them ..

The Iraqi media network quoted Brigadier Hamza Al-Muhammadi, Commander of the Seventh Division as saying today the Operation has achieved a success rate of about 80 percent, as Security Forces managed to seize the bulk of the Anbar desert during the last two weeks, with an intensified presence of the army units on the Syrian-Iraqi border to prevent infiltration of Terrorists to areas that have been seized ..

Brigadier Mohammadi explained that the Iraqi Security Forces are currently waging a major military campaign with the participation of various divisions and army units in the Northern region of the Euphrates River