Iraqi Army Liberates Thira Dijla Area

The Iraqi army purged the area of Thira Dijla of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorists, the ministry of defense announced on Wednesday.
“A unit of the Iraqi army’s 1st Division, in coordination with the Iraqi air force, carried out a security operation in the area of Thira Dijla that led to liberating it from ISIL terrorists,” the ministry of defense said in a statement.
Two ISIL snipers were killed and three mortar caches and a weapons cache were destroyed during the security operation, according to the statement.