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Iraqi forces launch operations in Anbar and Salahuddin provinces against ISIL

The Iraqi army, backed by Sunni tribesmen and Shia volunteers is attacking the ISIL terrorists on different fronts in a bid to retake Anbar and Salahuddin provinces.

Altaf Ahmad
Press TV, Nukhayb

The Iraqi army, backed by Sunni tribesmen and Shia volunteers is attacking the ISIL terrorists on different fronts in a bid to retake Anbar and Salahuddin provinces. The operation was launched on Tuesday to liberate the city of Ramadi which was captured by the ISIL terrorists on May 17. Press TV correspondent Altaf Ahmed reports from the strategic regions in Anbar which not only connect Iraq to Saudi Arabia but are located on the outskirts of Iraq's holy city of Karbala