WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA) : 3 ISIL Camps Destroyed in Northern Iraq

2014-03-25 08:06 GMT – MESOP – Iraqi army forces have destroyed three camps belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) and Al-Qaeda in northern Iraq. Five rebels were also killed in the operation, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said in a Monday statement. According to the ministry, four gun-mounted vehicles were destroyed and a cache of weapons seized in northern Iraq’s Al-Jazeera district. Iraqi government troops have been pursuing ISIL rebels since last December, when the militant group seized control of parts of the western Anbar province.