BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 14 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi security forces, on Saturday, killed two would-be suicide bombers, affiliated with the Daesh militant group and captured two others in an operation in Iraq’s western province of Anbar.
The troops, backed by Iraqi gunships and international coalition aircraft, conducted a search operation in the west of the provincial capital Ramadi, some 110 km west of Baghdad, Anbar Operations Command said, in a statement.
The operation resulted in the destruction of 18 Daesh hideouts and the killing of two militants wearing explosive belts, and the capture of two others.
The troops also seized six vehicles and two explosive devices from the militants.
Daesh militants are still active in the vast Anbar desert, which stretches to the border with neighbouring countries of Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, as many civilians have been kidnapped or killed by the extremist group recently.– NNN-NINA
