Security Forces Rescue 73 Families near Ramadi, Iraq

Iraqi security forces cross a bridge built by corps of engineers over the Euphrates in Ramadi, December 22, 2015. Picture taken December 22, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

The Iraqi Army has rescued more civilians from the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham’s (ISIS) grip inside the Al-‘Anbar Governorate on Wednesday, freeing a total of 73 families at the village of Juwaybah near the provincial capital (Al-Ramadi) in west Iraq.

Following the rescue, the 73 families received medical attention and humanitarian aid from the Iraqi Army before they were transported to displacement camps in order to get them away from the battlefield and the ISIS terrorists lingering around the Al-‘Anbar Governorate.

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