Iraqi forces on Thursday launched an offensive aimed at retaking towns still under the control of the ISIL Takfiri group in western areas near the border with Syria, commanders said. “A military operation has begun in the western areas of Anbar to liberate them from Daesh,” said Lieutenant General Qassem ...
An Iraqi attack helicopter crashed Wednesday south of the Mosul battlefield, killing all four crew members, security officials said. “During an army aviation mission this morning, an aircraft crashed due to a technical failure,” the Joint Operations Command coordinating the fight against the ISIL Takfiri group said in a statement. ...
