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Operation in Iraqi Province Bordering Syria Displaces Over 200 Families

© AFP 2023 / AHMAD AL-RUBAYEDisplaced Iraqi women, who fled Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, after it was seized by the Islamic State (IS) group, wait to get aid boxes at a makeshift camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) in Ameriyat al-Fallujah, 30 km south of Fallujah on June 6, 2015
Displaced Iraqi women, who fled Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, after it was seized by the Islamic State (IS) group, wait to get aid boxes at a makeshift camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) in Ameriyat al-Fallujah, 30 km south of Fallujah on June 6, 2015 - Sputnik International
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A total of 213 families have left western parts of the Iraqi province of Anbar bordering Syria since the start of the operation to liberate it from Daesh, Iraq’s Ministry of Migration and Displacement said Tuesday.

Iraqi Army soldiers celebrate as they hold a flag of the Islamic State group they captured during a military operation to regain control of a village outside Mosul, Iraq (File) - Sputnik International
Daesh Stops Paying Mosul Fighters Amid Iraq Gov't Forces' Renewed Offensive
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The families left the towns of Anah, Rawa and Qa'im, which are still being controlled by Daesh militants, the Iraqi News website reported, citing a ministry official. They were relocated to refugee camps in Anbar and supplied with the humanitarian aid, the news outlet added.

Iraq has been gripped by violence since mid-2014, when Daesh took over vast swathes of the country after coming from neighboring war-torn Syria. 

Daesh controls Iraq's second-largest city of Mosul as well as most of the Anbar province.

The Iraqi operation to liberate Mosul has been ongoing since October 17. The offensive is led by Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and Iraqi soldiers backed by the US-led anti-terror coalition.

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