Iraqi Forces Liberate Two Districts in Anbar

Iraqi security forces, backed by fighters from pro-government tribal units, have fully liberated two districts in the conflict-ridden western province of Anbar from Takfiri Daesh terrorists, according to Press T.V.

Abdul Jabbar al-Obeidi, a member of al-Baghdadi District Council in Anbar, told Arabic-language al-Sumaria satellite television network on Friday that government forces and their allies carried out a counter-terrorism operation in Jabba region, located about 90 kilometers (55 miles) west of the provincial capital city of Ramadi, and managed to wrest control over the terrain and raise the national Iraqi flag over a building.

Major General Ali Ibrahim Daboun, commander of al-Jazeera and al-Baadia Operations, said at least 35 Daesh terrorists were killed in the first phase of Jabba liberation operation on Thursday. Over 35 others were slain on Friday.

Daboun said government artillery units supported by Iraqi fighter jets also took part in the offensive.

Later on Friday, Iraqi security personnel together with tribal fighters liberated the village of Adousiyah, which lies in close proximity to Jabba, without much resistance from Daesh.

Separately, Major General Ismail al-Mahlawi, commander of the Anbar Operation, said Iraqi military aircraft launched a string of precision strikes against Daesh north of Ramadi.

The Iraqi Defense Ministry also announced in a statement on Friday that security forces have destroyed four Daesh hideouts during mop-up operations across the eastern province of Diyala.

Daesh executes 11 Iraqi civilians for using cell phones

On the other hand, the DaeshTakfiri terrorists have reportedly executed nearly a dozen civilians in Iraq’s beleaguered northern province of Nineveh.

The spokesman for the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in Mosul, Saeed Mamouzini, told Arabic-language Iraqi Media News Agency that the terrorists killed 11 residents of the militant-held city on charges of using mobile phones.

Mamouzini added that the victims came from the Tahrir neighborhood of Mosul, and Daesh executed the victims by firing squad in a militant base.

Iraqi officials and local residents say Daesh is terrified of a public uprising against its rule in Mosul, and strictly monitors the movements of the people in the city.

The development came only a few days after Daesh terrorists burned the entire five members of an Iraqi family alive after accusing them of trying to escape terrorist-held territories.

The victims, including three children, were set on fire in public in the Riyadh neighborhood of Kirkuk City on May 10.

United Nations Special Representative for Iraq and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) Jan Kubis told the UN Security Council on May 7 that more than 50 mass graves have been found in various parts of Iraq after the areas were liberated from Daesh.

Late April, Daesh members executed 250 women in Mosul after the victims did not accept a proposal to temporarily marry the militants.

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