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17 ISIS fighters killed in artillery strike west of Ramadi

 17 ISIS fighters killed in artillery strike west of Ramadi

Iraqi army forces. Archival photo.

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

(IraqiNews.com) al-Anbar – A security source in Anbar province said on Friday, that 17 ISIS elements had been killed in an artillery strike by the army forces west of Ramadi.

The source said in a brief statement received by IraqiNews.com, “The rockets battalion belonging to the army’s 7th brigade bombed gatherings of ISIS in the villages of Dwylih, Garraf and Jabba Island in al-Baghdadi District (90 km west of Ramadi), killing 17 [ISIS] elements.”

The source added, “Another force from the 7th brigade treated a booby-trapped vehicle driven by a suicide bomber in the village of al-Brazaiyah northeast of Baghdadi District.”

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