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Iraqi troops drive Isis death cult out of Rawa
Meanwhile, Nato foreign ministers debate increased weapons spending as police investigate the bloc’s purchases of military equipment
IRAQI troops drove Isis out of Rawa, the last significant settlement held by the death cult, following a dawn assault yesterday.
Defence Ministry spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Rasool said army troops and local militia had recaptured the town on the River Euphrates after just five hours of fighting.
The victory reduced the terrorist movement’s area of control in Iraq to a stretch of desert in Anbar province north of the town.
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