Forces in Iraq's Anbar unite for cross-border anti-IS operation
Shelly Kittleson
ERBIL, Iraq — Iraq has launched the second phase of the operation to retake the last major pocket of territory held by the Islamic State (IS) across the border from the western Anbar city of Qaim.
The international anti-IS coalition, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Iraqi forces are all collaborating in the operation.
"Last week, the SDF finished the first phase of Operation Roundup, which culminated in the clearance of Baghuz, the southeastern-most village along the Middle Euphrates River Valley near the Syria-Iraq border," Col. Sean Ryan, US spokesman for the anti-IS coalition, told Al-Monitor on May 30 in an email exchange.
Read more at: https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/05/qaim-anbar-iraq-isis-kurds-syria.html
This could be placed in that military forum instead.
