US coalition foil ISIS attack on al-Waleed border crossing in Anbar

US-led coalition warplanes foiled an ISIS attack on al-Waleed border crossing in al-Rutbah district in western Anbar, Commander of Soqour al-Sahraa (Desert Falcons) regiment, Shaker Abu Risha said on Monday.

Two booby-trapped vehicles were used to launch the attack near the Iraqi-Syrian borders, Risha added, noting that the coalition warplanes destroyed the two vehicles which came out from the eastern desert of Anbar.

This comes as the offensive launched on 19th of February by US-backed Iraqi forces, supported by Iranian-backed sectarian IMIS Shiite militias to oust ISIS terrorists from Mosul, their last major stronghold in Iraq enters its last stages.

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