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Iraqi forces launch operations in Anbar and Salahuddin provinces against ISIL

Iraqi fighters from the Shia Muslim Al-Abbas popular mobilization unit battle ISIL terrorists in an area surrounding the village of Dujail in the Salaheddin province, north of Baghdad, on May 26, 2015. (AFP)

Altaf Ahmad
Press TV, Nukhayb

The Iraqi army, backed by Sunni tribesmen and Shia volunteers is attacking the ISIL terrorists on different fronts in a bid to retake Anbar and Salahuddin provinces. The operation was launched on Tuesday to liberate the city of Ramadi which was captured by the ISIL terrorists on May 17. Press TV correspondent Altaf Ahmed reports from the strategic regions in Anbar which not only connect Iraq to Saudi Arabia but are located on the outskirts of Iraq's holy city of Karbala

 


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