Tigris Operations destroys 6 IS booby-trapped vehicles, 3 hideouts in Mutaibaija
Lieutenant General Mazhar al-Ezzawi, Commander of Tigris Operations.
Mutaibaija (IraqiNews.com) Commander of Tigris Operations, Lieutenant General Mazhar al-Ezzawi, on Thursday, announced that security forces destroyed six booby-trapped vehicles and three hideouts belonging to the Islamic State in al-Mutaibaija area, on the borders between Salahuddin and Diyala.
Ezzawi said in a press statement that the liberation battles of al-Mutaibaija are ongoing for the second day, and achieved significant results so far.
Security forces, backed by al-Hashd al-Shaabi militia, destroyed six booby-trapped vehicles and three hideouts belonging to the Islamic State, as well as seizing an explosives lab, Ezzawi added.
Yesterday, Tigris Operations announced launching extensive military operations, from four axes, to liberate the area of al-Mutaibaija from the Islamic State group.