Mon Mar 14, 2016 14:04:08
Terrorists of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, ISIS , IS or Daesh) terrorist group have left the strategically important city of Al-Rutbah in Western Iraq, the governor of the city said on Sunday.
"ISIL militants have completely retreated from Rutbah," Imad Ahmed was quoted by the Iraqi Alsumaria news channel as saying.
The Daesh took control of Al-Rutbah in mid-2014, becoming one of the first cities which the terrorists occupied in Iraq.
The city is considered of strategic value as it is located on the Iraqi-Jordanian border, and it allows the militants to better control the western border and transfer weapons and ammunition.
It also occupies a strategically important spot on the Amman-Baghdad road, and the Mosul–Haifa oil pipeline.
The Daesh is notorious for its brutality and many human rights violations, including on-camera executions of foreign hostages posted online.
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