Iraqi Forces Expel IS from Key Town al-Baghdadi
Iraqi government forces and allied tribal militia have retaken the town of al-Baghdadi, from where jihadists had threatened to attack an airbase housing U.S. troops, the U.S. 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.
Source: Agence France Presse
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