7 villages recaptured by army forces on the road between the towns of Annah and Rawa
Nazem al-Juhgeifi, a Senior Intelligence Commander at al-Hashd al-Shaabi said that army forces, backed by police and tribal troops, recaptured seven villages on the road between the towns of Annah and Rawa and other troops retook four villages after militants fled to the town of Rawa.“The mission is to clear Rawa as a first phase while cutting supplies to the group from the town of Qaem, passing at the desert area surrounding those areas”. ISIS members have used regions of western Anbar as launching points for attacks against civilians and Iraqi security forces.