Army forces repel ISIS attack on military headquarters east of Ramadi
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(IraqiNews.com) al-Anbar – On Monday the commander of Anbar Operations Command Maj. Gen. Ismail al-Mahalawi announced, that 46 ISIS elements had been killed during violent clashes east of Ramadi.
Mahalawi said in a press statement followed by IraqiNews.com, “This morning, ISIS carried out an offensive on a military headquarters belonging to the Tenth Division in the area of al-Hamediyah on the international highway road east of Ramadi,” noting that, “The attack occurred from the area of Albu Obeid east of al-Hamediyah.”
He also added, “A force from the army’s Tenth Division, with support from the international coalition aviation, managed to repel the attack and kill 46 ISIS terrorists, in addition to inflicting big material and human losses upon [ISIS ranks].”