AhlulBayt News Agency: Two ISIL terrorists detonated themselves during an operation in western Anbar province on Friday, injuring two federal security personnel, Iraqi officials reported.
Iraq’s National Security Service (INSS) stated that the ISIL members blew themselves up as security forces “besieged an ISIL hideout housing the so‑called ‘Anbar Security Official’ and two companions.”
Qaim Mayor Turki al‑Khalaf told Rudaw that the explosion wounded “several national security personnel.”
He added that the INSS had dispatched forces from Baghdad to al‑Khuseim village in Qaim after receiving intelligence about explosive devices. Qaim lies on Iraq’s western border with Syria.
The incident comes amid rising concern in Iraq that ISIL is exploiting security gaps in Syria that have enabled prison breaks.
On Thursday, Iraqi security forces uncovered one of ISIL’s largest weapons and ammunition caches during a major operation in western Anbar, according to Ar‑Rutbah Mayor Imad Mashaal al‑Dulaimi.
The Interior Ministry said the seized weapons included 23mm and 14.5mm anti‑aircraft machine guns, three RPG launchers, a 60mm mortar, five PKM machine guns, three sniper rifles, 33 mortar shells, 11 sticky bombs, nine explosive devices, and several other items.
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