al-Qaim

Iraqi forces kill 48 IS militants in offensive near Syrian border

Baghdad - Muslimchronicle

Iraqi security forces battling Islamic State (IS) militants in north of Euphrates River near the border with Syria killed a total of 48 IS militants during the past three days, the Iraqi military said Wednesday. The troops fought sporadic clashes with IS militants during their clearing operations in the rural area north of the river and recaptured 13 villages, Lt.Read more

Iraqis say life under IS was an open-air prison

Al-Qaim - Muslimchroncle

They emerge timidly from houses to survey the debris-strewn streets of their town. As Iraqi forces hunt down diehard jihadists, Al-Qaim residents recall three years of hell in "open-air prison". "At last we'll be able to sleep easily without worrying about air raids or being arrested," says a smiling clearly relieved Qassem Derbi. "We're no longer afraid of going toRead more

Iraqi Prime Minister: Iraqi forces have retaken Al-Qaim from Daesh

Baghdad - Muslimchronicle

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi on Friday announced the liberation of the border town of Al-Qaim in Anbar province from Daesh. Iraqi security forces, backed by the US-led international coalition and Shiite-dominated paramilitaries, have been pushing to gain control over the vast desert of Anbar, Daesh’s last bastion in Iraq. It includes many towns along the Iraq-Syria border, which extendsRead more

Iraq forces retake Al-Qaim from IS jihadists

Baghdad - Muslimchronicle

Iraqi forces Friday captured the biggest town under Islamic State group control in Iraq, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said, driving another nail into the coffin of the jihadists' self-styled caliphate. Abadi hailed the "liberation of Al-Qaim in record time" in a statement, after Iraqi troops entered the key town on the border with Syria on Friday morning. source: AFPRead more

Iraqi forces enter al-Qaim, last ISIS bastion in Iraq

Habbaniyah - Muslimchronicle

Iraqi forces on Friday entered Al-Qaim, the main town in ISIS’s last bastion in the country, military commanders said. Early Friday morning, Iraqi forces unleashed a barrage of artillery fire against militant positions inside the town, backed by Iraqi and US-led coalition air strikes. Troops from the army and the elite Counter Terrorism Service “have started the assault on theRead more

Syrian regime forces restore control on Deir Al Zour

Damascus - Noura Khowam

Syrian regime forces said Friday they have liberated the eastern city of Deir Ezzor from ISIS, putting them in full control of the long contested city. The forces and their allies first broke the militant group's siege of its part of the city in September and have been advancing against ISIS positions since then. Deir Ezzor had been divided intoRead more

Iraqi forces enter Al-Qaim, last IS bastion in Iraq: army

Habbaniyah - Muslimchronicle

Iraqi forces on Friday entered the town of Al-Qaim in the Islamic State group's last bastion in the country, military commanders said. Troops from the army and the elite Counter Terrorism Service "have started the assault on the centre of Al-Qaim," Staff Major General Noman Abed al-Zobai, the commander of the 7th Division, told AFP. Iraq's Joint Operations Command (JOC)Read more

Iraqi troops resume advance with Coalition’s support

Baghdad - Najla Al Taee

Iraqi forces on Wednesday invaded two villages east of the town of al-Qaim, west of Anbar, as operations approach the recapture of Islamic State’s last holdouts in Iraq. A security source told Alghad Press that Iraqi forces invaded the villages of Fayadiya and Jreijeb in Karableh, east of Qaim. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared earlier this month the launchRead more