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Defense Minister announces launching operation to free Qayyarah, Salahuddin

 Defense Minister announces launching operation to free Qayyarah, Salahuddin

Iraqi-Defense-Minister-Khaled-al-Obeidi

Iraqi-Defense-Minister-Khaled-al-Obeidi
Iraqi-Defense-Minister-Khaled-al-Obeidi. File photo.

(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – Defense Minister Khaled al-Obeidi announced on Saturday launching a military operation to free Qayyarah vicinity, while the military adviser for the Defense Ministry Mohammed al-Askari said the vicinity is the most important air and administrative base to secure the troops heading towards Mosul.

Askari said in a statement obtained by Iraqi News, “The Defense Minister announced launching the liberation operation of Qayyarah from the control of the ISIS,” noting that, “The [army’s] Ninth Armored Division and regiments of the Anti-Terrorism Directorate, in addition to the international coalition aviation and the Iraqi Air Force, participated in the operation.”

He added, “Those forces began advancing into the northern axis of Salahuddin towards their specified targets in [Qayyarah] vicinity.”

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