Iraqi security forces free 3 villages west of al-Baghdadi vicinity, Anbar
Iraqi army forces. Archival photo.
(IraqiNews.com) al-Anbar – The commander of al-Jazeerah Operations, Maj. Gen. Ali Ibrahim Dboun, announced on Sunday the liberation of three villages during military operations by the security forces and clan fighters northwest of the vicinity of al-Baghdadi.
Dboun said in a statement obtained by IraqiNews.com, “The army’s Seventh Division as well as the police and clan fighters had managed to liberate the villages of Duwailiya, Ouwaniya and al-Sama’niya northwest of the vicinity of al-Baghdadi (90 km west of Ramadi) from the ISIS [control],” noting that, “These forces raised the Iraqi flags over a number of buildings in those villages.”
He also added, “The liberation operation came after ISIS had suffered big material and human losses.”