Iraqi army halts anti-Daesh operation in Ramadi due to weather

Baghdad - Some units faced difficulty as heavy rains battered parts of Iraq for the third straight day on Friday.

The spokesman for Iraq's defence ministry said the Iraqi military has temporary halted its offensive to retake the city of Ramadi from the Daesh group due to inclement weather.
Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool said that some units faced difficulty as heavy rains battered parts of Iraq for the third straight day on Friday. He said they were ordered to hold their position until the weather improves.
Iraqi troops launched an operation to retake Ramadi, the provincial capital of Anbar province, from the Daesh group earlier this month in an effort to open a corridor for security forces to proceed to the northern city of Mosul.
Ramadi fell to Daesh in May, after more than a year of intense clashes between the militants, the military and local tribesmen.

• MENA