Bombing kills 2 tribal fighters in western Iraq

People gather around the damaged car after a suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest in Iraq on 5 November 2017 [Ali Mukarrem Garip/Anadolu Agency]

Two tribal fighters were killed in a bombing in western Iraq on Sunday, according to an Iraqi military officer.

“A booby-trapped house blew up during a crackdown operation by tribal fighters” in Rawa city in the Anbar province, Colonel Walid al-Dulaimi told Anadolu Agency.

He said another tribal fighter was injured in the attack.

Al-Dulaimi said army forces were trying to clear mines planted by Daesh militants in the district.

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Meanwhile, Army Captain Rajab al-Saidi said forces of the pro-government Hashd al-Shaabi militia had been dispatched to Rawa city from Mosul’s Rabia and Zammar districts.

“The dispatch aims at supporting security forces in the ongoing offensive to recapture remaining Daesh-held areas in Anbar,” he said.

On Friday, the Iraqi army – with the help of a US-led air coalition – managed to recapture Rawa from the Daesh terrorist group.

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