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Daesh suicide strike kills 2 Iraqi generals
(MENAFN- Arab News) BAGHDAD: A Daesh suicide bomber killed two Iraqi army generals on Thursday as they led forces against terror group's positions in the turbulent Anbar province west of Baghdad military officials said.
They said the bomber drove his explosives-laden vehicle into the advancing troops north of Anbar's provincial capital Ramadi killing the two generals and three soldiers. A military spokesman said on state television that 10 other soldiers were wounded.
Daesh captured Ramadi earlier this year and also controls the nearby city of Fallujah.
In Syria Daesh militants seized five villages from rebel groups in the north as part of an advance toward the strategic town of Marea near the Turkish border. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and other activist groups said Daesh carried out a suicide bombing on the outskirts of Marea amid fierce fighting in the area.
The Turkish Dogan news agency also reported renewed fighting between Daesh and rebels across the border from Kilis and said the US-led coalition bombed Daesh targets in the region. Dogan video footage showed a large plume of smoke rising from across the border.
The Daesh advance is in the northern countryside of Aleppo province near the area where Turkey and the United States have agreed to establish a Daesh-free safe zone.
A military statement read on Iraqi state television identified the two generals as Maj. Gen. Abdul-Rahman Abu-Regheef deputy chief of operations in Anbar and Brig. Gen. Sefeen Abdul-Maguid commander of the 10th Army Division. The two were later given a military funeral at the Defense Ministry in Baghdad with Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi and Defense Minister Khaled Al-Obeidi leading mourners.
Speaking on state television military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Al-Zobeidi sought to play down the psychological effect of the loss of the two generals. 'We will not stop our operations and we will continue to advance' he said.
There was no immediate comment on the attack from Daesh which controls about a third of Iraq and Syria.
They said the bomber drove his explosives-laden vehicle into the advancing troops north of Anbar's provincial capital Ramadi killing the two generals and three soldiers. A military spokesman said on state television that 10 other soldiers were wounded.
Daesh captured Ramadi earlier this year and also controls the nearby city of Fallujah.
In Syria Daesh militants seized five villages from rebel groups in the north as part of an advance toward the strategic town of Marea near the Turkish border. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and other activist groups said Daesh carried out a suicide bombing on the outskirts of Marea amid fierce fighting in the area.
The Turkish Dogan news agency also reported renewed fighting between Daesh and rebels across the border from Kilis and said the US-led coalition bombed Daesh targets in the region. Dogan video footage showed a large plume of smoke rising from across the border.
The Daesh advance is in the northern countryside of Aleppo province near the area where Turkey and the United States have agreed to establish a Daesh-free safe zone.
A military statement read on Iraqi state television identified the two generals as Maj. Gen. Abdul-Rahman Abu-Regheef deputy chief of operations in Anbar and Brig. Gen. Sefeen Abdul-Maguid commander of the 10th Army Division. The two were later given a military funeral at the Defense Ministry in Baghdad with Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi and Defense Minister Khaled Al-Obeidi leading mourners.
Speaking on state television military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Al-Zobeidi sought to play down the psychological effect of the loss of the two generals. 'We will not stop our operations and we will continue to advance' he said.
There was no immediate comment on the attack from Daesh which controls about a third of Iraq and Syria.
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