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Islamic State expelled from Iraq town Al-Baghdadi: US

Published: 06 Mar 2015 - 11:41 pm | Last Updated: 16 Jan 2022 - 06:40 pm


Washington - Iraqi government forces and allied tribal militia have retaken the town of Al-Baghdadi, from where jihadists had threatened to attack an airbase housing US troops, the US military said Friday. 

Fighters from the Islamic State group had taken Al-Baghdadi, a small town on the Euphrates river in western Iraq, in February, posing a threat to a nearby base where American forces train their Iraqi counterparts.

AFP