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Iraqi security forces repel ISIS attack west of Ramadi

 Iraqi security forces repel ISIS attack west of Ramadi

Iraqi army forces. Archival photo.

Iraqi army forces. Archival photo.
Iraqi army forces. Archival photo.

(IraqiNews.com) al-Anbar – On Monday the commander of the al-Jazeerah and al-Badiyah Operations Command announced, that the security forces had managed to repel a suicide attack by three booby-trapped vehicles in western Ramadi.

Major General Ali Ibrahim Daboun, the commander of al-Jazeerah and al-Badiyah Operation, stated in an interview for IraqiNews.com, “A joint force from al-Jazeerah and al-Badiyah Operations Command and the eighteenth brigade of the federal police, was able to repel an attack carried out by ISIS at the Kilo-35 area west of the city of Ramadi.”

Daboun added, “The joint force had managed to destroy 2 booby-trapped tankers and a booby-trapped bulldozer, while killed everyone inside them,” adding that “Two members of the security forces have been wounded in the clashes during the attack.”

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