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The Iraqi forces took control of the Sufia region located in the east of Ramadi city. “Armenpress” reports citing Arabic media that 35 terrorists were killed during the military operations, some others fled by Euphrates River.
One of the commanders of the armed forced of Anbar Province mentioned that they are advancing to liberate other regions of the province. He also informed that terrorists of the “Islamic State” have been also killed in the al-Jazira region.
Yemeni pro-government fighters have retaken full control of the strategic al-Anad airbase in the southern province of Lahj from Shiite rebels, the Defence Ministry said.
“Lahj province has … been freed of Houthi rebels,” a top commander of the fighters loyal to exiled president Abd Rabu Mansour Hadi told dpa on condition of anonymity.
Nearly 40 government and opposition fighters have been killed as Syrian regime forces pushed rebels back from an area bordering President Bashar al-Assad’s heartland, a monitor said Saturday.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 20 regime forces and 19 rebels from the Army of Conquest alliance had been killed in 24 hours of clashes in Hama province’s Sahl al-Ghab region.
Yemeni forces backed up by Saudi-led coalition air strikes have recaptured positions on the outskirts of Aden used by the Houthi group to fire rockets into the southern port city, local officials said on Thursday.
Forces loyal to exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, which retook Aden from the Iran-allied Houthis on July 17, seized the town of Muthalath al-Ilm, at Aden’s eastern entrance.
US-backed Kurdish forces in northern Syria captured a key town from Islamic State militants Monday but accused Turkey of shelling Kurdish villages in the area, potentially complicating the international campaign against the extremist group.
At least four fighters and several civilians were wounded in three waves of alleged Turkish shelling in an area controlled by the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) and the Free Syrian Army.