ISIS attack kills two Iraqi soldiers in Anbar
Ongoing attacks by ISIS claim more lives.
Ongoing attacks by ISIS claim more lives.
Citing reliable sources, Rojnews agency reported that ISIS mercenaries attacked soldiers of the Iraqi army in western Anbar province.
According to the report, two soldiers were killed and another wounded as a result of the attack.
ISIS had overrun large parts of Iraq and Syria in the summer of 2014 and brought them under its control. Across state lines, its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, killed in October 2019, proclaimed a caliphate - with himself at its head. Countless people were murdered in bestial ways, with some 10,000 falling victim to the genocide in the Yazidi settlement area of Shengal (Sinjar) alone. Iraq prematurely declared victory over ISIS at the end of 2017, and in neighboring Syria the militia's territorial rule was ended in spring 2019.
Even though thousands of ISIS jihadists have since been arrested, underground structures have formed in Iraq and Syria. In regions such as Deir ez-Zor, Raqqa and Hama in Syria and Kirkuk, Baghdad and Anbar in Iraq, these networks repeatedly carry out attacks. The frequency and quality of these attacks has increased significantly in recent months.