War correspondent killed while covering battles in Anbar
Al-Hashd al-Shaabi fighters.
“The war correspondent and media official of the 13th brigade of al-Hashd al-Shaabi [Popular Mobilization Forces] was killed while accompanying security troops during operation in Qaim and Iraqi-Syrian borders,” the media service said.
The photojournalist Montather Adel, who was accompanying Rana al-Ojaili, the correspondent, was injured,” the statement added.
Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi announced, earlier this month, liberation of Qaim in record time. Troops also freed Ebeidi and Krabla regions in western Anbar.
Operations were launched, late October, to liberate Qaim and Rawa towns. Both have been held by the extremist group since 2014, when it occupied one third of Iraq to proclaim a self-styled Islamic “Caliphate”.
114 Iraqi civilians were killed, while 244 others were wounded as result of terrorism, violence and armed conflicts, according to a monthly release by the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), issued on Wednesday.
Baghdad was the worst affected Governorate, coming in the first place with 177 civilian casualties (38 killed, 139 injured). Anbar province followed with 36 killed and 55 injured, and then Kirkuk with 18 killed and 33 injured.
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