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Iraq Defuses 83 ISIS Explosives in Anbar

A member of the Iraqi security forces in Anbar. (Reuters)

Iraq announced Saturday that authorities had defused 83 explosives planted by the ISIS terrorist group in the Anbar province.

Forty explosives were dismantled in the al-Salam region, 32 in a raid in the Albou Hassan area and 11 in the Albou Obeid region.

Iraq's Joint Operations Command spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Rasoul said that the security forces in Anbar also arrested a fugitive wanted on terrorism charges.

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