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Iraq Launches Operation against ISIS West of Baghdad

An Iraqi army helicopter and military vehicles are seen in the desert west of Baghdad. (Joint Operations Command)
An Iraqi army helicopter and military vehicles are seen in the desert west of Baghdad. (Joint Operations Command)
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Iraq Launches Operation against ISIS West of Baghdad

An Iraqi army helicopter and military vehicles are seen in the desert west of Baghdad. (Joint Operations Command)
An Iraqi army helicopter and military vehicles are seen in the desert west of Baghdad. (Joint Operations Command)

Iraq’s Joint Operations Command announced on Sunday the launch of a major operation to crack down on ISIS in the al-Anbar desert west of Baghdad.

In a statement, the Joint Operations command media center said the operation will include units from the al-Jazira, Anbar and Karbala provinces.

Forces from the Defense and Interior Ministries, Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) and anti-terrorism agency will take part in the mission.

The statement added that the operation was being carried out based on intelligence information about terrorism activity in the desert region.

The security units have prepared their plans, which are aimed at defeating the remnants of the ISIS terrorist group and destroying their hideouts, it stressed.

PMF operations commander in the Anbar province Qassem Mosleh said the operation is the largest to be carried out by Iraqi forces in the western desert.

It aims to defeat terrorist plots in Anbar, bolster security and stability and pursue terrorist ISIS remnants, he continued in a statement.

He confirmed intelligence reports that spoke of ISIS activity aimed at undermining security in Anbar.

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Netanyahu Says Israel Will Continue to Act Against the Houthis

FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference in Jerusalem, on Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, Pool, File)
FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference in Jerusalem, on Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, Pool, File)
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Netanyahu Says Israel Will Continue to Act Against the Houthis

FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference in Jerusalem, on Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, Pool, File)
FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference in Jerusalem, on Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, Pool, File)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday Israel would continue acting against the Houthi militias in Yemen, whom he accused of threatening world shipping and the international order, and called on Israelis to be steadfast.
"Just as we acted forcefully against the terrorist arms of Iran's axis of evil, so we will act against the Houthis," he said in a video statement a day after a missile fired from Yemen fell in the Tel Aviv area, causing a number of mild injuries.

The US military said it conducted precision airstrikes on Saturday against a missile storage facility and a command-and-control facility operated by Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen's capital, Sanaa.

In a statement, the US military's Central Command said the strikes aimed to "disrupt and degrade Houthi operations, such as attacks against US Navy warships and merchant vessels in the Southern Red Sea, Bab al-Mandeb, and Gulf of Aden.”

The US military also said it struck multiple Houthi one-way drones and an anti-ship cruise missile over the Red Sea.

Saturday's strike followed a similar attack last week by US aircraft against a command and control facility operated by the Houthis.

On Thursday, Israel launched strikes against ports and energy infrastructure in Houthi-held parts of Yemen and threatened more attacks against the group, which has launched hundreds of missiles at Israel over the past year.