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Fighter jets of the US-led coalition once again struck the Iraqi forces in the Western province of Anbar on Saturday.
The US-led coalition warplanes hit a position of the Iraqi army in Anbar province.
The US has repeatedly struck the popular forces’ positions in different parts of Iraq.
In early June, the US-led coalition warplanes hit the bases of Iraqi army’s Hezbollah battalions in Fallujah in Anbar province, killing 6 soldiers and injuring 8 others.
In early May, the anti-ISIL coalition forces struck the position of Iraq’s popular forces near Baghdad, killing a number of volunteer forces.
The US-led coalition warplanes hit an arms production workshop of the popular forces near the Iraqi capital, destroying the workshop and its ammunition completely.
Two members of Iraq’s popular forces were killed in the attack.
On March 29, the US fighter jets struck the positions of Iraq’s popular forces during their fierce clashes with ISIL terrorists near Tikrit, injuring a number of fighters.
The US and coalition forces conducted eight airstrikes near Tikrit, but they hit the popular forces’ positions instead of ISIL.
In February, an Iraqi provincial official lashed out at the western countries and their regional allies for supporting Takfiri terrorists in Iraq, revealing that the US airplanes still continue to airdrop weapons and foodstuff for the ISIL terrorists.
“The US planes have dropped weapons for the ISIL terrorists in the areas under ISIL control and even in those areas that have been recently liberated from the ISIL control to encourage the terrorists to return to those places,” Coordinator of Iraqi popular forces Jafar al-Jaberi told FNA.
He noted that eyewitnesses in Al-Havijeh of Kirkuk province had witnessed the US airplanes dropping several suspicious parcels for ISIL terrorists in the province.
“Two coalition planes were also seen above the town of Al-Khas in Diyala and they carried the Takfiri terrorists to the region that has recently been liberated from the ISIL control,” Al-Jaberi said.
Meantime, Head of Iraqi Parliament’s National Security and Defense Committee Hakem al-Zameli also disclosed that the anti-ISIL coalition’s planes have dropped weapons and foodstuff for the ISIL in Salahuddin, Al-Anbar and Diyala provinces.
In January, al-Zameli underlined that the coalition is the main cause of ISIL’s survival in Iraq.
“There are proofs and evidence for the US-led coalition’s military aid to ISIL terrorists through air(dropped cargoes),” he told FNA at the time.
Over 100,000 Volunteer Forces Ready to Fight ISIL in Iraq
Tens of thousands of Iraqi citizens have volunteered to help the Iraqi army in its fight against the Takfiri terrorists, a senior commander of Iraq’s popular forces announced.
“More than 100,000 have volunteer forces have enrolled for fighting the ISIL terrorists,” Moin al-Kazzemi said on Monday.
Al-Kazzemi noted that a majority of volunteer forces are workers, and high school and university students, and said, “They have volunteered for the fight in obedience to the fatwa (religious decree) of Grand Ayatollah Seyed Ali Sistani.”
In June 2014, Iraq’s highest Shia authority Grand Ayatollah Sistani issued a Fatwa saying that it is a religious duty to stand up against the Takfiri terrorists and expel them from Iraq.
The grand Ayatollah called on all Iraqis to volunteer to defend their country and sanctities.
The call that was made on the public by a representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani a year ago came as the Takfiri terrorists had widened their grip in the North and the East, and threatened to march South, towards Baghdad.
Last week, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said that Ayatollah Sistani’s Fatwa on fighting ISIL terrorists saved Iraq against the ominous plots hatched by enemies.
In a statement released on the anniversary of the issuance of Fatwa, Abadi said the grand Ayatollah’s religious edict helped to prevent the spread of ISIL dominance in the region, al-Sumaria news website reported.
Abadi noted that after the grand Ayatollah’s Fatwa, the brave people of Iraq formed volunteer forces and started supporting the army in the fight against the terrorists.
Kurdish Forces Make Gains in Reqqa Province
The Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) in Syria made considerable advances in Reqqa province on Monday.
The YPG forces are moving ahead towards the town of Tal Abyad after taking control of the town of Suluk, a few kilometers to the Southwest of Tal Abyad, from the ISIL earlier this morning.
The Kurdish forces started their operations to take control of Tal Abyad from three different directions.
Tal Abyad is of strategic importance due to its closeness to the Turkish borders.
Earlier today, the YPG forces seized back the Suluk town from the ISIL control.
The YPG has made a determined push into Reqqa province from neighboring Hasaka where it has driven ISIL from wide areas of territory since early May.
On Sunday, a YPG statement said that its fighters had encircled Suluk.
It said that the ISIL terrorists have lost control over Suluk and Kurdish forces were advancing toward Tal Abyad.
It also said the road linking Tal Abyad with Reqqa was under YPG control.
The loss of Suluk and Tal Abyad would be a major blow to the ISIL group.
The border towns are major avenues for commerce for the extremist group — through which it smuggles in foreign fighters and sells black-market oil. The city is also a key link between Turkey and the Northern Syrian city of Reqqa, the de-facto capital of the ISIL group’s self-declared caliphate.
For the YPG, dislodging ISIL from Tal Abyad would help them to link up Kurdish-controlled areas of Syria in Hasaka province and Kobani.
Source: http://blogdogcicle.blogspot.com/2015/06/isis-update-6152015us-led-coalition.html
