Iraq News

9 ISIL gunmen killed in Anbar army operation

The Iraqi army killed nine "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" (ISIL) gunmen in the battles to liberate the villages of Jubbah and al-Dulab in western Anbar, the al-Jazeera operations command said Thursday (June 30th).

"Joint forces killed nine ISIL gunmen in Jubbah and al-Dulab, and destroyed three boats on the Euphrates River and a booby-trapped motorcycle in an operation to recapture the two areas," al-Jazeera Operations Commander Maj. Gen. Qassim al-Muhammadi told Al-Shorfa.

"There are intermittent but ongoing clashes between the Iraqi forces and ISIL fighters since Thursday morning, with support from international coalition aircraft," he said.

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