Officials have cautiously announced that the Hawwadhanh area will soon be completely freed from Daash.
Commander of the operations in Tigris, Lt. Gen. Abdul Amir al-Zaidi told Islam Times that "the security services, military troops pro-government tribal militias have been successful in defeating takfiris so far.”
This development comes as Baghdad has faced increasing pressure from Dash with a string of deadly bomb attacks against civilians.
Most of the attacks target Shia’ majority neighbourhoods.