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20 militants, 5 personnel dead in Anbar operations

 20 militants, 5 personnel dead in Anbar operations

Bodies of Islamic State members. File photo.

Bodies of ISIS members. File photo.
Bodies of ISIS members. File photo.
Anbar – (IraqiNews.com) Twenty militants from the Islamic State and five security and army personnel died on Friday when Iraqi forces forestalled an attack by the Islamist group at the outskirts of Rutbah, Anbar.

Lt. Col. Emad Saleh said “an Iraqi army force, assisted by international coalition fighter jets, blocked on Friday afternoon an attack by tens of ISIS on the northern outskirts of al-Rutbah.” He added that the forces destroyed 17 vehicles belonging to the group.

ISIS has waged occasional attacks on the western areas of Anbar, especially the town of Rutbah which represents a crossroad between the Syrian and Jordanian borders.

Local sources have recently said that the group had kidnapped 250 former police and army agents, accusing them of acting as informants for security forces and consequently enabling the forces to locate militants and kill them.

Several ISIS militants were killed over the past week as airstrikes targeted their havens and combat vehicles in Anbar towns. Security authorities say the strikes are carried out based on intelligence information.

At least 1500 ISIS militants were killed since military operations launched in October to retake Mosul.

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