Report:

Iraq Removes ISIL Siege on Area in al-Baghdadi

BAGHDAD (Dispatches) – Iraqi government forces have succeeded in breaking a siege imposed by the ISIL terror group on a residential compound in the western town of al-Baghdadi, officials say.

Date: 22 February 2015 - 20:11

News ID: ۱۱۲۲۵

According to a security official, speaking on condition of anonymity, Iraqi troops, supported by local tribal fighters, managed to break the week-long siege on the compound in al-Baghdadi in the western province of Anbar.
"The forces were able to push the terrorist organization at least 1 kilometer away from the compound,” the official added.
Sabah Karhut, the head of Anbar’s local council, also confirmed the report, adding that the troops launched a major operation Saturday to force the extremists out of al-Baghdadi located near the Ain al-Asad airbase, which reportedly houses hundreds of US marines.
"Heavy losses have been inflicted on Daesh in the area,” he told the Iraqi broadcaster Alsumaria, using an Arabic acronym for the ISIL.
The terrorists targeted the strategic airbase with artillery and rocket fire last week.
The ISIL siege, which had blocked the access of hundreds of families to food and medical supplies, was imposed after Iraqi security forces managed to retake from the Takfiri terrorists the center of al-Baghdadi earlier this month.
The extremist group started its campaign of terror in Iraq in early June 2014. The heavily-armed terrorists took control of Mosul before sweeping through parts of the country’s Sunni Arab heartland.
The ISIL terrorists have been carrying out horrific acts of violence, including public decapitations, against all Iraqi communities such as Shias, Sunnis, Kurds and Christians.
Iraqi soldiers, police units, Kurdish forces, Shia volunteers and Sunni tribesmen have recently managed to drive the ISIL terrorists out of some areas in Iraq.
The extremist group, which also controls swathes of land in Syria, has reportedly established a foothold in Libya in recent weeks.