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Iraqi forces advance towards Ramadi

Wednesday, 07 October 2015 3:07 AM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 07 October 2015 3:07 AM ]

Members of the Popular Mobilisation units gather around a vehicle on the front line during a military operation against Islamic State (IS) group jihadists on the road leading to Saqlawiya, north of Fallujah, in Iraq

Altaf Ahmad
Press TV, Baghdad

The Iraqi army is torn between two strategic battles against Daesh Takfiri terrorists active in the city of Mosul and Anbar province. As our correspondent Altaf Ahmad reports, Iraqi officials have for now decided to put Mosul on the back burner as they cannot fight at two fronts simultaneously.

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