Commander: Iraq launches operation near Syrian border

Commander: Iraq launches operation near Syrian border
Sat Sep 16, 2017 13:28:55

An Iraqi military commander says troops have launched a multi-pronged operation to capture a town near the Syrian border from the Isis group.

(AP) -- Lt. Gen. Abdul-Amir Rasheed Yar Allah said Saturday the operation to liberate Akashat aims at securing part of the borders and the area north of the vital highway that links Baghdad to neighboring Jordan and Syria.

The spokesman for the Joint Military Command, Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool, says the U.S.-led coalition is offering aerial support for different factions of troops.

Akashat is a small town west of Anbar province located south of the Isis-held, strategic towns of Qaim, Rawa and Ana.

Isis has been driven out of most of the territories it seized in 2014, from northern Iraq through the country's center and across western Anbar province.

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