IS Militants Kidnapped 8 Civilians In Iraq's Western Anbar Province - Reports

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 16th February, 2019) Militants of the Islamic State (IS, banned in Russia) terrorist group kidnapped a total of eight civilians in Iraq's western Anbar province, local media reported on Friday.

Al-Sumaria television channel reported, citing the head of Rawah District, that IS terrorists kidnapped five residents of the city of Rawah in the northeast of the same name district.

At the same time, according to local law enforcement agencies, three civilians were abducted by militants 80 kilometers west of the city of Haditha.

In December 2017, then Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi announced that the country had defeated the Islamic State on its territory after over three year of fighting, adding that local security forces would continue eliminating the terrorists' sleeper cells.