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Coalition strikes kill, wound 19 civilians in western Anbar

 Coalition strikes kill, wound 19 civilians in western Anbar

International coalition aircraft. File photo.

International coalition aircraft. File photo.

Qaim (IraqiNews.com) Air raids by the United States-led coalition killed and wounded 19 civilians at Islamic State havens in western Anbar, a security source was quoted saying Monday.

Alghad Press quoted the source saying that coalition war planes bombarded  a rest house belonging to Islamic State militants at the town of Qaim, near Anbar’s westren borders with Syria.

The strike targeted the rest house at  Hayy al-Sinaie (industrial neighborhood) in Karabla.

Iraqyoon website said four militants were also killed in the strike.

The reports came a few hours after Iraqi warplanes pounded IS locations in the neighboring towns of Annah and  Rawa.

Islamic State has held the towns of Anah, Rawa and Qaim since 2014, when they occupied a third of Iraq to proclaim an “Islamic Caliphate”. So far, there has not been a wide-scale campaign to retake those regions, but occasional offensives managed to take over several surrounding villages.

The Iraqi government declared victory over Islamic State in Mosul, the group’s former capital in Iraq, last month, and said it was going to proceed towards other group holdouts, including Anbar.

Also late July, Iraqi warplanes reportedly dropped millions of messages telling locals that liberation offensives for the province were nearing, and telling them to stay away from militants’ deployments.

 

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