2nd Phase of Iraq's Anti-Terror Operation Underway in Anbar
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iraqi troops launched the second phase of a major operation to clear western parts of Anbar province of the remnants of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group.
Commander of Anbar Operations for the PMU (Popular Mobilization Units), Qassim Musleh, said in a press statement on Friday that army troops and popular fighters had mounted a multi-pronged offensive, codenamed 'Heroes of Victory.'
He added that the operation started from four axes, noting that fighters of the PMU, better known by the Arabic name Hashd al-Sha’abi, and army forces will cleanse districts on the border between Iraq and Jordan in the first axis, while the forces will purge the Iraqi-Saudi border of Daesh in the second, Press TV reported.
Musleh pointed out that the forces will pursue the operation in far-flung geographic areas and rugged terrains that the terrorists use to either hide or camouflage in the third and final axes.
On February 28, Hashd al-Sha’abi forces launched an operation, codenamed 'Leaders of Victory,' to clear the districts of Medisisa and Salloum Forest, which lie south of the western town of Qa'im and nearly 400 kilometers northwest of the capital Baghdad, besides the areas of Akra and Hamid Turky, Shaleej village and Beit Ajaj region.