At least 62 ISIS militants were killed in the joint operation of the Iraqi security and popular forces in Ramadi region of Anbar province, some areas of Salahuddin province, Sinjar, Mosul and Tal Afar regions in Nineveh province in Northwestern Iraq, the Arabic-language al-Harra news agency reported. Meantime, the Iraqi forces destroyed 19 military positions of the ISIS in Ramadi, Mosul, Sinjar and Tal Afar regions. Field reports said that the Iraqi army and popular forces' effective advances in Anbar have pushed the foreign terrorists to withdraw from the Western province. Reports earlier this week said that Iraq's army and volunteer forces (Hashd al-Shaabi) regained full control over several strategic bases of ISIS terrorists in Anbar. The Iraqi forces retook the ISIS bases in the areas of East Haseebah, al-Sajariyyah, Theela and Al Sufiyyah, East of the city of Ramadi, and killed dozens of the militants and destroyed scores of their armed vehicles, informed sources said. The Iraqi army and volunteer forces intensified their military operations in the Western al-Anbar province earlier this month. The Iraqi forces launched massive offensives on ISIS terrorists in Anbar from the North, South and the West. In the North, the Iraqi forces advanced towards al-Bu Faraj in the Northern parts of the city of Ramadi. The Iraqi army and popular forces killed dozens of ISIS terrorists in the surrounding areas of al-Bu Faraj and destroyed their military vehicles. In the West, the Iraqi forces backed by the Iraqi air force advanced towards the Western parts of Ramadi from al-Borisheh and Zankoureh towards the Iraqi army's 8th Brigade base. In the South, the Iraqi army and popular forces moved towards al-Tamim region after reinforcing their positions near Al-Anbar University in the Southern parts of Ramadi.
