Several operations are underway against the Islamic State from Kirkuk to Hamrin, passing through Mosul and Anbar. Some Daesh commanders were arrested, others died.
The ISF are in state of maximum alert, both for the demonstrations supported by Al-Sadr and for the risk of new attacks by the Islamic State. Daesh wants to take a breath and feed the chaos.
The ISF kill the Islamic State commander in the Hamrin mountains. Meanwhile Baghdad is working to protect Karbala and Arbaeen from Daesh attacks and for the new phase of Victory Will.
750 kilos of explosives seized: they served to hit the Shiite faithfuls heading to Karbala. Meanwhile, hunt for Daesh cells and preparations for the sixth phase of Operation Victory Will continue.
Thousands of enrollments for the academic year 2019-2020. Completed the reconstruction of many departments destroyed in the war against Daesh, hunted in Anbar-Salahuddin.
Maneuvers anticipated by a maxi strike of Inherent Resolve, which dropped 80,000 lbs. of bombs on Daesh positions. The ISF also target the islands near Hamam al-Alil.
The goal is to neutralize a large Daesh resistance pocket, which the Operation Victory Will forced to rally to Lake Tharthar, cleaning up the Anbar boundaries with Syria.
ISF are working to close Islamic State militants in a limited area and prevent them from fleeing to Syria. Furthermore, south of Erbil, Daesh loses a large network of caves and tunnels.
The epicenter of the maneuvers is the Anbar desert. Objective: to cut to the Islamic State militants escape routes to Syria and prepare the final attack on the great Daesh resistance pocket.