BAGHDAD (Dispatches) – Commander of Iraqi popular forces in Haditha, west of al-Anbar, disclosed that the U.S.-led coalition forces continue to shrug off targeting Daesh terrorists.
"The U.S. forces refuse to target the Daesh gathering centers near al-Ratba town in the western parts of al-Anbar under the pretext of the presence of Hashd al-Sha'abi (popular) forces in the region," Colonel Nazzem al-Juqaifi told al-Ma'louma news website on Wednesday.
He said that his forces are responsible for safeguarding the security of a highway which links the 160km region to al-Ratba town.
While the Daesh terrorists are preparing to attack the town, the coalition forces refuse to launch airstrikes on their gathering centers which have posed a serious threat to the Iraqi security forces near al-Ratba, Juqaifi said.
The Iraqi volunteer forces' commanders have continued to lash out at the U.S. and its regional allies for continuing their military and logistical supports for the Daesh Takfiri terrorists in Iraq all throughout the last two years.
"Washington still continues its military supports for the terrorists in Iraq," Spokesman of Iraq's Ansarullah al-Nujaba Movement Hashem al-Moussavi told FNA in April.
He reiterated that al-Nujaba Movement forces are collecting documents, photos and videos of supplies airdropped by the U.S.-led coalition forces for the Daesh terrorists in Iraq.
In another development, government and volunteer tribal forces in Iraq have kicked off an offensive to recapture a district in the conflict-ridden western province of Anbar from the Takfiri Daesh terrorists.
Operations began to liberate the Dolab district on Wednesday, al-Sumeria news agency reports.
The news agency added that Iraqi forces are advancing on the Daesh-held district from four separate directions and have so far met no resistance by the Takfiri forces.
Dolab, which is located 10 kilometers west of the city of Hit, was occupied by Daesh forces in mid-2014 and used as a military base by the terrorist group to mobilize and launch terrorist attacks on people and security forces.