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Stars and Stripes
March 18, 2018
Used by the Air Force for combat search and rescue, the Pave Hawk was on a routine transit flight when it went down near the town of Qaim in Anbar province, officials said. The statement did not say how many personnel were aboard, but earlier media reports citing U.S. officials gave the number as seven.
The New Indian Express
March 15, 2018
The helicopter is used by the Air Force for combat search and rescue, and was in transit from one location to another when it went down yesterday near the town of Qaim in Anbar Province Officials said that rescuers were responding to the location, but other details were not yet available. It's not clear if thereÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
December 27, 2017
Most of the remaining fighters are in the rural desert areas around Dayr Az Zawr in Syria to the southeast of Raqqa, and Iraq's Anbar province, officials say. Almost 8 million people lived under Islamic State group rule during its height. Five million have been liberated in the past year with 2.7 million IraqisÃâà...
Newser
November 17, 2017
The ministry said in a statement Friday morning that Iraqi military units and local tribal fighters entered the western neighborhoods of Rawah on the Euphrates River in the western province of Anbar. Officials then announced that forces had taken control of the town; per the Iraqi Joint Operations Command,Ãâà...
Department of Defense
September 21, 2017
Following rapid successes against ISIS in and around Tal Afar, Akashat, Haditha and Rayhanna, Iraqi forces began their offensive into the Middle Euphrates River Valley, which stands as one of two remaining pockets of ISIS fighters remaining in Iraq, along with western Anbar province, officials said.
Iraqi News
August 2, 2017
“Anbar province (officials) set a condition for some families eager to return that they disown their Islamic State relatives in a written form….approved by a court,” another migrant civilian told the organization. “The written disavowal is not enough protection for the people, the problem is among tribes, not withÃâà...
The Express Tribune
May 2, 2017
Pro-government forces have since retaken most towns and cities in Anbar, but the militants still control some areas near the Syrian border and have desert hideouts from which they harass federal forces. According to figures provided to AFP by several Anbar officials, at least 26 Iraqi personnel — includingÃâà...
Amnesty International UK
October 18, 2016
Three days later, more than 600 of them showed marks of torture when they were transferred to the custody of local Anbar officials. We interviewed survivors who said they were held at an abandoned farmhouse, beaten with various objects, including shovels, and denied food and water. One survivor saidÃâà...
Rudaw
September 7, 2015
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The wife of an Islamic State militant and her child were shot as the woman tried to turn herself in to the Iraqi Army, Anbar province officials said Monday. “The woman who escaped from her husband with her only son continued approaching the army checkpoint despite being shot,Ãâà...
Qantara.de
June 12, 2015
The jihadists used several waves of suicide car bombs to thrust into government-controlled neighbourhoods on Thursday and Friday. The group's black flag was soon flying above the provincial headquarters and, with reinforcements slow to come, thousands of families fled the city. Anbar officials said atÃâà...
New York Times
May 18, 2015
As they considered asking for the militias' assistance, Anbar officials met over the weekend with the American ambassador to Iraq, Stuart E. Jones, to ascertain the United States' position on the issue. According to officials, Mr. Jones told the Anbar delegation that the United States would continue its airÃâà...
Catholic Online
February 15, 2015
The under-equipped and under-staffed Iraqi army is no match for the rebels of Islamic State, and Iraqi military leaders have asked for more U.S. intervention, such as ground troops. Without them, the Iraqi army could collapse in a matter of days, if not hours.
BBC News
January 6, 2015
At least 23 Iraqi troops and pro-government fighters have been killed in clashes with militants in the western province of Anbar, officials say. A suicide bombing at a mosque in al-Jubba killed 10 anti-jihadist fighters. Militants then attacked police and army positions, killing 13, officials said. A further 28 IraqiÃâà...
CBC.ca
November 1, 2014
Islamic State in Iraq and Syria extremists lined up and shot dead at least 50 tribesmen and women in Iraq's Anbar province, officials said Saturday, the latest mass killing committed by the group. The shooting happened late Friday in the village of Ras al-Maa, north of the provincial capital of Ramadi, AnbarÃâà...
CBS News
November 1, 2014
BAGHDAD -- Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) extremists lined up and shot dead at least 50 tribesmen and women in Iraq's Anbar province, officials said Saturday, the latest mass killing committed by the group. The shooting happened late Friday in the village of Ras al-Maa, north of the provincial capitalÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
October 23, 2013
Iraq security forces killed in suicide blasts. At least 25 soldiers, three civilians killed in wave of coordinated attacks in Anbar province, officials say. 23 Oct 2013. Iraq security forces killed in suicide blasts. With the latest attacks, more than 520 people have been killed in attacks in Iraq so far this month [AFP]. Gunmen andÃâà...
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