Thursday, March 28, 2024

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URGENT: Iranian tanks, armored vehicles mobilizing to enter Iraq

Iranian tanks. Representational file photo.
Iranian tanks. Representational file photo.

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) According to an informed source, tanks and armored vehicles belonging to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards are mobilizing to enter the Khanaqin district with the aim of the concentration in areas with Shiite majority north of the capital Baghdad and hit the insurgent of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.

The source said that a convoy of tanks and armored vehicles moved through Serpil Zahab, a way to enter Iraq through the border crossing, which links between the two countries from Khanaqin district.

The source added that the Iranian forces will go to the areas which witnessed fighting between the Kurdish Peshmerga forces and militants of ISIL such as Jalawla, which had fallen to the insurgents recently. It is believed that the Iranians want to flush out the militants and deliver these areas to the Peshmerga fighters.

The source pointed out that Iranian officials promised residents of those areas to expel the ISIL militants from their areas.

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