Largest military operation against ISIS launched in western Iraq

BAGHDAD,  March 04 (YPA) – The Iraqi Security Media Cell announced the launch of the first stage of the second Waad al-Haq” operations, with the participation of forces from the Defense and Interior Ministries, the Popular Mobilization Forces and the Anti-Terrorism Service with the support of the Air Force and Army.

The media cell stated in a press release that ” this operation comes based on intelligence information to put pressure on terrorist detachments and clear the desert of their remnants, reaching the international borders in cooperation and coordination with the border forces.”

The statement added that “the security forces have set their goals at this stage and have drawn up plans to implement them to defeat the remaining elements of the terrorist gangs Daesh and destroy their dens”.

Meanwhile, the commander of Anbar Operations for the Popular Mobilization Forces, Qasim Musleh, stated in a similar statement that the operation “is the largest among the military operations launched by Iraqi forces in the western desert.”

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