URGENT: ISIS sends 10,000 fighters to al-Anbar says head of PC. Governor issues warning.

Anbar (IraqiNews.com ) On Saturday the head of the Anbar Provincial Council, Sabah Karhoot said that ISIS sent about 10 thousand fighters from Syrian territory and Mosul to Anbar province.

The Anbar Council addressed the Iraqi central government requesting it for “fast and urgent intervention” to protect Anbar from an ISIS takeover.

The governor of Anbar, Faleh al-Issawi said in a statement to CNN followed by IraqiNews.com “ISIS controls about 80% of al-Anbar Province. If they were able to control the remaining 20%, the areas under their control would extend from the Syria city of Arriqa to the outskirts of Baghdad.”