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Security forces repel ISIS attack on Albu Obeid east of Ramadi

 Security forces repel ISIS attack on Albu Obeid east of Ramadi

Iraqi security forces fire an artillery during clashes with the ISIS militants in Jurf al-Nasr (Jurf al-Sakhr), 60 km from the capital Baghdad. Archival photo.

Iraqi security forces fire an artillery during clashes with the ISIS militants in Jurf al-Nasr (Jurf al-Sakhr), 60 km from the capital Baghdad. Archival photo.
Iraqi security forces fire an artillery during clashes with the ISIS militants in Jurf al-Nasr (Jurf al-Sakhr), 60 km from the capital Baghdad. Archival photo.

(IraqiNews.com) al-Anbar – Anbar Operations Command announced on Monday, that the Iraqi security forces repelled an ISIS attack by four booby-trapped vehicles on Albu Obeid area east of Ramadi.

The commander of Anbar Operations, Maj. Gen. Ismail al-Mahalawi, said in a statement obtained by IraqiNews.com, “The security forces were able, today, to repel an ISIS attack by four booby-trapped vehicles on the military troops in Albu Obeid area east of Ramadi,” adding that, “Those forces managed to detonate the vehicles remotely by Kornet and guided missile system, [resulting] in the killing of all suicide bombers.”

For his part, a security source reported for IraqiNews.com that one of the booby-trapped vehicles was detonated near the military troops, resulting in the death of three soldiers and wounding four others.

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