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Student Operated Press
April 14, 2018
On April 8, two strikes near Rutbah destroyed an ISIS-held building and six fighting positions. -- On April 6 near Tuz, a strike destroyed 11 bunkers, two fighting positions, two ISIS-held buildings, two vehicles, four caves and two tunnels. Part of Operation Inherent Resolve. These strikes were conducted asÃâà...
Department of Defense
April 6, 2018
The strike engaged an ISIS tactical unit and destroyed an ISIS-held building. On March 31, coalition military forces conducted a strike consisting of one engagement against ISIS targets near Rutbah. The strike engaged an ISIS tactical unit and destroyed an ISIS vehicle. There were no reported strikes in IraqÃâà...
PRESSTV
April 3, 2018
Members of the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service take part in a training drill at the Special Forces Academy near Baghdad's international airport on March 19, 2018. (Photo by AFP). Security forces then mounted a surprise attack on a road in al-Rutbah town, which lies about 390 kilometers (240 miles) west ofÃâà...
Iraqi News
April 2, 2018
“Immediately, a security force set up an ambush on a road in Ar-Rutbah town in western Anbar province, managing to kill all the 65 infiltrators, including foreign fighters,” the source said. He added that “no troops were killer or injured in the clashes.” Iraq declared the collapse of Islamic State's territorialÃâà...
Department of Defense
March 30, 2018
Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve and its partners continued to strike Islamic State of Iraq and Syria targets in designated parts of Syria and Iraq between March 23-29, conducting 11 strikes consisting of 12 engagements, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today.
Department of Defense
March 16, 2018
Near Qaim, a strike destroyed an ISIS supply route. -- Near Qayyarah, a strike engaged an ISIS tactical unit. On March 14, coalition military forces conducted two strikes consisting of seven engagements against ISIS targets near Rutbah. The strikes engaged an ISIS tactical unit and destroyed two ISIS-held buildings, two ISISÃâà...
Department of Defense
March 2, 2018
Near Asad, a strike destroyed an ISIS-held cave. -- Near Rutbah, a strike engaged an ISIS tactical unit and destroyed two ISIS vehicles and a weapons cache. On Feb. 24, coalition military forces conducted a strike consisting of one engagement against ISIS targets near Hawijah. The strike destroyed an ISIS weapons cache.
Tsarizm (blog)
February 28, 2018
Ambushes & outpost overruns in Nimrud, Badush, Baaj, out in Rutbah and the massacre in rural Kirkuk, on top of slow burning rural assassination campaign targeting Sunnis leaders and tribal forces.” I covered the battle for Hawija closely. I wrote about why it was important on Sept. 21, 2017, interviewedÃâà...
Kuwait News Agency
February 26, 2018
"In Kirkuk, an (IS) suicide bomber attack on a government building was foiled by the (Iraqis), resulting in the bomber's vest detonating, killing the terrorist but not injuring any friendly forces or civilians," Manning said. Over the past three days, coalition strikes engaged IS targets near Rutbah in Anbar provinceÃâà...
Iraqi News
February 19, 2018
Speaking to Basnews, the source said, “A joint force from the Iraqi army and police started a military operation Monday, targeting Islamic State hideouts scattered at desert areas near Al-Qa'im and Ar-Rutbah districts in western Anbar, and on the country's border with Syria.” “The troops destroyed an IslamicÃâà...
Department of Defense
February 16, 2018
15, coalition military forces conducted a strike consisting of two engagements against ISIS targets near Rutbah. The strike destroyed an ISIS weapons cache. On Feb. 14, coalition military forces conducted two strikes consisting of three engagements against ISIS targets near Beiji. The strikes engaged anÃâà...
Department of Defense
February 9, 2018
4 in Iraq, coalition military forces conducted two strikes consisting of four engagements against ISIS targets near Rutbah. The strikes engaged an ISIS tactical unit and destroyed two underground ISIS bunkers. Feb. 3. On Feb. 3 in Syria, coalition military forces conducted seven strikes consisting of eightÃâà...
Department of Defense
December 15, 2017
Near Rutbah, a strike engaged an ISIS tactical unit and destroyed an ISIS vehicle. -- Near Tuz, a strike engaged an ISIS tactical unit and destroyed two ISIS tents and a bunker. On Dec. 12, coalition military forces conducted two strikes consisting of two engagements against ISIS targets: -- Near Baghdadi, aÃâà...
Iraqi News
November 28, 2017
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Iraqi army destroyed on Tuesday an Islamic State camp south of Ar-Rutbah town in Anbar, a military commander said. “The army's 1st brigade destroyed an IS camp at a desert area near Ar-Rutbah town in Anbar,” Commander of Anbar Operations Major General MahmoudÃâà...
NRT
May 2, 2017
RUTBAH — Iraqi forces thwarted an attack by Islamic State (ISIS) militants in the town of al-Rutbah in the Anbar Governorate, an Iraqi officer said. The officer said on Tuesday (May 2) ISIS militants first attacked the headquarters of Iraqi forces with mortars and katyusha rockets in eastern Rutbah at 5 a.m. that morning.
AMN Al-Masdar News
October 25, 2016
Despite ISIS on the verge of capturing Ar-Rutbah, and even false reports by Al-Jazeera that it had been captured, the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) media team have announced that the imperative town has been cleared of terrorist forces. https://twitter.com/pmu_english/status/790817355521593344.
Iraqi News
December 31, 1999
Earlier in the day, three border guards were injured after a military vehicle carrying them hit a landmine at Ar-Rutbah town in western Anbar.” Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced in July the liberation of the second largest Iraqi city of Mosul from IS militants, who had captured it in 2014. More thanÃâà...
Iraqi News
December 31, 1999
Anbar (Iraqinews.com) – Three border guards were injured as a landmine exploded west of Anbar, a security source from the province was quoted saying on Monday. Basnews website quoted the source as saying, “the landmine exploded after a military vehicle carrying border guards hit it at Ar-RutbahÃâà...
Department of Defense
December 31, 1999
During the past 72 hours, U.S.-led coalition dynamic strikes engaged ISIS targets near Rutbah in Anbar province, the colonel said, adding that the strikes resulted in several enemies killed and the destruction of two pickup trucks, a weapons cache and an encampment. In Syria, Manning said, SyrianÃâà...
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