Islamic State militants have destroyed 15 bridges during their capture of Anbar province, a well-placed provincial official said.
“Islamic State militants have demolished eight bridges at Annah and Rawa towns (210 km west of Ramadi) and seven others at al-Qaam (350 km west of Ramadi),” Mahdi Abdul Farhan, the head of the Roads and Bridges Directorate of Anbar, said inRead more
Three suicide bombers were killed as they were attempting to attack military units in west of Ramadi, Ikhnews website reported on Sunday. “Security troops opened fire as three suicide bombers, wearing suicide belts, were trying to attack a security checkpoint in Um al-Sawn region in Rutba, west of Ramadi. They were immediately killed, without casualties among troops,” a security sourceRead more
A security source in Anbar announced on Thursday that the security forces deployed extensively in Heat after hearing the sound of explosions, while the Kurdistan Regional Government revealed on Wednesday its acceptance to negotiate with the Iraqi government to send observers to civilian airports in Kurdistan.
Twenty Islamic State militants were killed in air raids launched by the anti-IS internationalRead more
ISIS militants attacked on Wednesday several positions held by Iraqi forces in Anbar province, west of Baghdad, killing at least 7 soldiers and wounding 16, according to a preliminary toll from security sources.
Iraqi forces were bringing reinforcements to the area under attack, near the city of Ramadi, as clashes continued several hours after the militants attacked the troops withRead more
The civilians died and sustained injuries when unidentified warplanes carried out an air raid near a house west of Anbar’s city of Ramadi, a local official was quoted saying. Emad al-Dulaimi, mayor of the city of Rutba, said unidentified warplanes killed a woman, her 13-year-old daughter and wounded her husband in Okashat, north of the city (310 Km west ofRead more
Iraqi fighter jets destroyed a number of headquarters of ISIS extremist group and killed dozens of the militants loyal to the extremist group in a number of areas in Nineveh. Media war cell revealed that the Iraqi air raids have been launched upon information from the intelligence authority, saying that the raids led to the killing of a large numberRead more
Three members of the Iraqi security forces were killed Saturday when an Islamic State group truck bomb they were trying to defuse exploded west of Baghdad, police officials said.
A large truck packed with explosives was intercepted by security forces in the Tamim neighbourhood of Ramadi, the main city in Iraq's vast western province of Anbar.
"Three members of theRead more
Iraq's F-16 fighter jets conducted airstrikes against militants' positions and a Daesh media center west of Anbar governorate, near the borders with Syria.
All terrorists hiding in Daesh camps and the media center were killed during al Qa'im district airstrikes, Military Media Cell under Joint Operation Command said.
Two terrorists were killed by the Iraqi forces northwestern Ramadi, 36 explosiveRead more
A British contractor working for a U.S. de-mining firm and an Iraqi policeman were both killed Monday in a bomb blast in Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's western province of Anbar, a provincial security source said.
The incident took place when a team affiliated with the firm and Iraqi policemen attempted to defuse an explosive device in a booby-trapped houseRead more