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Iraqi fighters from Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) have launched the second phase of a military operation to purge the vast desert in the country’s western province of Anbar along the border with Syria of members of the terrorist group of Daesh.
The media bureau of the voluntary forces – also known by the Arabic name Hashd al-Sha’abi –announced in a statement on Monday that the fighters and Iraqi army troopers, backed by military aircraft, mounted an offensive to flush out remaining Daesh terrorists in al-Jazeera region.
The forces added that Hashd al-Sha’abi fighters and government forces were now heading towards al-‘Awinah area.
Iraq’s army and the voluntary forces began the first phase of the operation on Sunday, the military said in a statement.
The military said the operation will last several days and was the first phase of the Will of Victory Operation securing the province of Anbar and the central and northern regions of Salahuddin and Nineveh.
“We press on the hands of our heroic forces that will achieve victory with the will of its heroes against the gangs of Daesh,” said Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi.
