Daesh Terrorists Kill 20 Truck Drivers Near Iraq Border
BAGHDAD (Dispatches) – Daesh terrorists have reportedly executed nearly two dozen truck drivers on the border with Iraq’s western province of Anbar as Syrian government forces, supported by allied fighters from popular defense groups, are fighting to drive foreign-sponsored terrorists out of the war-ravaged Arab country.
An Iraqi security source, requesting not to be named, told Arabic-language al-Sumaria television network on Wednesday that Daesh terrorists staged an ambush on the Syrian side of the border, killing 20 people.
The source added that the truck drivers were waiting to cross into Iraq, and that the terrorists have fled the area with the ill-fated drivers’ trucks.
Syria has been gripped by foreign-backed terrorism since March 2011. The Syrian government says the Israeli regime and its Western and regional allies are aiding Takfiri terrorist groups that are wreaking havoc in the country.
On December 9, 2017, Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared the end of military operations against the Daesh terrorist group in the Arab country.
Meanwhile, a senior commander of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) has said now that Daesh has been defeated in the country there is no need for the presence of U.S. troops.
During a Tuesday interview with Press TV, Hadi al-Ameri called on the Iraqi government to announce the actual number of U.S. troops present in the country.
"We are told that the presence of U.S. forces in Iraq is on the request of the government in Baghdad. We are yet to get a clear statement from the government regarding the number of US troops which is said to be a large number," he added.
Ameri stressed that the PMU will not permit foreign interference in the country's affairs.
"Therefore, our hope is that the government announces the number of American troops which it demands to be in Iraq and the others be asked to leave," he noted.
An Iraqi security source, requesting not to be named, told Arabic-language al-Sumaria television network on Wednesday that Daesh terrorists staged an ambush on the Syrian side of the border, killing 20 people.
The source added that the truck drivers were waiting to cross into Iraq, and that the terrorists have fled the area with the ill-fated drivers’ trucks.
Syria has been gripped by foreign-backed terrorism since March 2011. The Syrian government says the Israeli regime and its Western and regional allies are aiding Takfiri terrorist groups that are wreaking havoc in the country.
On December 9, 2017, Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared the end of military operations against the Daesh terrorist group in the Arab country.
Meanwhile, a senior commander of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) has said now that Daesh has been defeated in the country there is no need for the presence of U.S. troops.
During a Tuesday interview with Press TV, Hadi al-Ameri called on the Iraqi government to announce the actual number of U.S. troops present in the country.
"We are told that the presence of U.S. forces in Iraq is on the request of the government in Baghdad. We are yet to get a clear statement from the government regarding the number of US troops which is said to be a large number," he added.
Ameri stressed that the PMU will not permit foreign interference in the country's affairs.
"Therefore, our hope is that the government announces the number of American troops which it demands to be in Iraq and the others be asked to leave," he noted.