The Iraqi army and Popular Forces killed tens of ISIL terrorists in the cities of Mosul and Beiji. The Iraqi forces killed 20 ISIL militants in the Western parts of Mosul and 60 others in the Western parts of Beiji, some 250 kilometers North of Baghdad, an Iraqi security source said.

The casualties were inflicted on the terrorist group as Iraqi forces repelled ISIL’s attack on al-Sinieh region in the Western parts of Beiji. The Iraqi army and volunteer forces have pressed ahead with their military operations against the Takfiri militants in Anbar Province in the last few weeks, inflicting heavy losses on the terrorists.

Earlier today, the Iraqi Joint Forces Command Center announced that army units backed by the volunteer forces have purged 95 percent of the city of Ramadi in Al-Anbar province of Takfiri terrorists.

“Only five percent of Ramadi has remained to be cleaned of Takfiri terrorists as the army and volunteer forces have cleared most of the city,” Spokesman of Iraqi Joint Forces Brigadier General Yahya Rasoul announced.

Also today, field sources said that the Iraqi army and the Hashd al-Shaabi forces had won back a strategic area in Ramadi from the control of the terrorists. According to the sources, the Iraqi forces took back the Albu Maraie area in Ramadi from the Takfiri militants.

Earlier reports said the Iraqi security forces launched a multi-pronged attack to retake Ramadi, tightening the military blockade around the city from four sides and setting the stage for a deeper assault. The Iraqi forces won control over most parts of the Western city of Ramadi during the past weeks, several months after it was occupied by the ISIL terrorists in May.

The Joint Operations Center in Iraq in a message, asked the residents of Ramadi to evacuate the city as soon as possible to remain safe from the heavy assaults of the army against the terrorists. Sabah Karhout, the head of the council of al-Anbar province’s governor-general office, said on Thursday that the army, police and anti-terrorism forces have been deployed in four cross points of Ramadi to launch massive attacks on ISIL positions from all directions.