Explosion kills two ICTS fighters in Al-Anbar
Shafaq News – Al-Anbar
On Sunday, two Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service (ICTS) fighters were killed and an officer injured when an improvised explosive device detonated in western Al-Anbar province.
According to the Service’s statement, a joint force from al-Anbar’s Intelligence and ICTS inspected a site in the Rahaw Plains area, recently targeted by an airstrike that killed a group of ISIS militants hiding there.
During the inspection, one of several explosive devices at the site detonated, killing two ICTS fighters and wounding one al-Anbar intelligence officer.
Although Al-Anbar was largely liberated from ISIS in 2015, Iraqi forces continue to monitor occasional activity by remaining militant cells, along with leftover war remnants and former hideouts.
