Army forces kill 12 ISIS elements including military leader north of Ramadi
Iraqi army forces. Archival photo.
(IraqiNews.com) al-Anbar – The commander of Anbar Operations Command, Maj. Gen. Ismail al-Mahalawi, announced on Wednesday the killing of 12 ISIS elements, including a senior military commander, north of Ramadi.
Mahalawi said in a statement followed by IraqiNews.com, “Elements belonging to ISIS tried to get close to the army forces of the 10th division in the area of al-hamediyah and Albu-Thiyab located north and east of Ramadi, resulting in the death of 12 ISIS elements, including the military and administrative officer for the region Abu Tabark Mafraji.”
He also added, “An army force belonging to the 1st regiment of the 31st division found three fortified tunnels for the ISIS in the area of al-fuhailat north of al-Ameriyat (23 km south of Fallujah),” noting that, “Those tunnels were destructed completely.”