The ISF want to eliminate the Islamic State cells on the borders with Syria and Jordan. Meanwhile, Daesh tries to extend its influence to Kirkuk and Diyala, by attacking small villages.
Security at the diplomatic HQ has been strengthened, while there is an exchange of threats between Trump and Tehran. Isis' false flag actions are also feared.
Operation Victory Will and Peshmerga close the circle on Islamic State militiamen who fled from Syria and hid in the area. Meanwhile, US envoy Jeffrey takes stock of the fight against Daesh.
Islamic State attacks against ISF and Peshmerga in the area are on the rise. Baghdad military and Kurdish forces react with two parallel and complementary anti-Daesh offensives.
ISF maneuvers against the Islamic State are concentrated in Salahuddin, Kirkuk, Samarra and Diyala. Objective: to reduce the ability of Daesh to carry out attacks, exploiting the protests.
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.
The maneuvers took place north of Rawa and were preventive. A dozen Islamic State members died. Also raids against Daesh in Nineveh. From Mosul to Hawi Aslan island.