{"id":738,"date":"2017-09-16T14:39:45","date_gmt":"2017-09-16T14:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madaresharghi.com\/iraq-forces-attack-daesh-outpost-ahead-of-euphrates-push\/"},"modified":"2017-09-16T14:39:45","modified_gmt":"2017-09-16T14:39:45","slug":"iraq-forces-attack-daesh-outpost-ahead-of-euphrates-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/iraq-forces-attack-daesh-outpost-ahead-of-euphrates-push\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraq forces attack Daesh outpost ahead of Euphrates push"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madaresharghi..com\">madaresharghi<\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><h2 class=\"lide\">Iraqi forces attacked a desert outpost of the Daesh terror group near the Syrian border on Saturday in preparation for a drive up the Euphrates Valley towards the frontier, commanders said.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"66\">\n<p>\n\tThe assault targeted the former mining town of Akashat, in Anbar Province, some 100 kilometers (60 miles) south of Daesh\u2019s border bastion of Al-Qaim, according to AFP.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAl-Qaim and the Euphrates towns of Rawa and Anna downstream form just one of two enclaves still held by Daesh in Iraq after a string of battlefield defeats this year.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cThe army, the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Force) and the border guard launched a major operation to liberate Akashat\u2026 and secure the border to its north,\u201d said the head of Joint Operations Command, General Abdelamir Yarallah.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIraqi commanders estimate there are no more than 300 civilian families left in Akashat, a former railhead that was once a major source of phosphate production.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tImed Meshaal, mayor of Rutba, a desert town further south recaptured from Daesh last year, said the terrorists had turned the area into a major hub for arms caches, training camps and command centers.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIraqi commanders say they estimate Daesh still has more than 1,500 terrorists in its Al-Qaim enclave.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Takfiris also control a second enclave west of the ethnically divided Kurdish-held city of Kirkuk, centered on the town of Hawija.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>madaresharghi Iraqi forces attacked a desert outpost of the Daesh terror group near the Syrian border on Saturday in preparation for a drive up the Euphrates Valley towards the frontier, commanders said. 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