Army kills 40 ISIS fighters in Falluja

The Iraqi armed forces, working with tribal fighters in Anbar province killed 40 fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)

January 31, 2014

Sahoub Baghdadi







BAGHDAD — The Iraqi armed forces, working with tribal fighters in Anbar province killed 40 fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), destroyed weapons and seized four ISIS headquarters in the city of Falluja this week. According to a statement by the Iraqi Defense Ministry, the 39th Brigade of the Iraqi army, reinforced by the Iraqi air force, took part in the operation. Al Arabiya News Channel’s correspondent reported on Friday that the Iraqi air force had targeted ISIS fighters in the city of Ramadi, in Anbar. Sources speaking to the correspondent stated that the fighters had fled earlier from the Al-Bofaraj area of Anbar, where security forces had launched an operation on Wednesday. – Al Arabiya News


January 31, 2014
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