ISWNews Analysis Group: PKK militants claimed that 147 Turkish troops have been killed since the start of Operation Pence-Simsek in northern Iraqi Kurdistan.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Clashes between Turkish troops and PKK militants continued in northern Iraq, with both sides claiming that a significant number of opposing forces have been killed.
On November 3, the Iraqi Army and the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) started a military operation to retake the ISIS-held border town of al-Qaim located on the highway between the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, and the recently liberated Syrian city of Deir Ezzor.
The Iraqi Armed Forces resumed their offensive to liberate the Syrian border, today, liberating new areas inside the Al-Anbar Governorate.
