Sunday, September 22, 2024

Baghdad

Iraq’s 7th Army Division Commander escapes assassination attempt

ANBAR / IraqiNews.com: The Commander of Iraq’s 7 th Army Division has escaped an assassination attempt, in an explosive charge blast against his motorcade in west Iraq ’s Anbar Province , killing his driver and wounding two of his bodyguards, a security source reported.   “An explosive charge blew off against the motorcade of the 7 th Army Commander of the Iraqi Army, Maj-General Ismail al-Duleimy, on the main road between west Iraq ’s Anbar Province , connecting its towns of Hit and Qaim, killing his driver and wounding two of his bodyguards,” the security source stressed.   Ramadi, the center of Anbar Province , is 110 km to the west of Baghdad .   SKH (PT)