Shafaq News- Al-Anbar
Two Iraqi airstrikes targeted ISIS “guesthouses” deep in Al-Anbardesert, western Iraq, the Joint Operations Command (JOC) confirmed on Sunday.
The JOC did not provide details on the outcome of the strikes orpossible casualties, affirming that further information would be releasedlater.
Although the Islamic State lost territorial control in Iraq in 2017, itcontinues to operate through scattered cells in desert and rural areas,particularly in Diyala, Kirkuk, Saladin, and Al-Anbar. Earlier this week, theCounter-Terrorism Service (CTS) arrested three suspected ISIS members acrossAl-Sulaymaniyah, Saladin, and Al-Anbar.
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