ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraqi joint forces have seized oil fields from ISIS jihadists in the Salahaddin-Anbar border area, central government officials said. “Forces from the Iraqi Army with Hashd al-Shaabi militias, police, tribal gunmen and with air support from the US-led coalition have been able to recapture oil fields in Ajil, east of Ramadi [Anbar province], and the Mount Hamreen border district with Salahaddin province,” the Iraqi Defense Ministry announced in a statement Monday. “An unknown number of Daesh gunmen were killed during the operation and several of their vehicles have been destroyed,” said the statement, using the Arabic acronym for ISIS. Rashid Bayati, a member of the Salahaddin provincial council, confirmed to Rudaw on Sunday that Iraqi joint forces had successfully cleared Mount Hamreen from the extremists and have secured the oil fields by doing so. “The Iraqi forces have killed at least 30 ISIS fighters during the Mount Hamreen operation, while destroying five armored vehicles,” Bayati said.
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