ISIS Ramadi Dam, ISIS has closed off a dam toward the north of the Iraqi city of Ramadi - seized by its forces last month - cutting water supplies to star government towns downstream and making it easier for its fighters to assault forces faithful to Baghdad, nearby officials and residents said.
ISIS militants are opening just a few of the dam's 26 gates on the Euphrates River for brief periods every day, the officials and residents said.
The leader of the security chamber in the town of Khalidiyah, Sheik Ibrahim Khalaf al-Fahdawi, and two residents of the adjacent town of Habbaniya told CNN on Thursday that this move was to keep stream water overflowing from ISIS' side of the dam, furthermore to permit some water to stream downstream toward ISIS-held Falluja.
They included that the level of water in the Euphrates was currently sufficiently low that the waterway could be strolled across, making it easier for ISIS militants to cross and assault the genius government towns of Husaybah and Khalidiyah and the substantial security forces base at Habbaniya.
The banks of the waterway are guarded by the Hashd al-Shaabi paramilitary forces, the same sources said, the lion's share from the Iraq-based Kataeb Hezbollah branch.
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Families escape clash
Iraq's Federal Police declared late Thursday that 800 fighters from its tip top power have been sent to reinforce troops in Anbar in their operations against ISIS. The fighters have trained in sniping, urban fighting, dealing with suicide auto bomb attacks and storming sustained barracks.
The 800 will be assigned to special battle missions against ISIS in Ramadi and other areas, a statement from the Iraqi Interior Ministry said.
However, residents of the towns of Habbaniya, Husaybah and Khalidiyah keep on fleeing, fearing an ISIS assault, according to officials and residents. Two residents said 300 families had fled as far north as Irbil, in the Kurdish-controlled zone of Iraq.
There are conflicting reports as to what number of families have fled Habbaniya and surrounding villages to take shelter in the town of Amiriyat al-Falluja as of late, yet officials suggest they number in any event in the dozens. Professional government tribal militias are delved in there however under regular mortar assault from ISIS, according to Iraqi sources.
A senior security authority told CNN the level of the Euphrates River had dropped by 1 meter (more than 3 feet) close Amiriyat al-Falluja.
Last week, the Iraqi government declared a noteworthy operation by Iraqi forces and the Hashd al-Shaabi paramilitary forces to retake Anbar province. Ramadi is the capital of the province.
Sectarian tensions are high over the fall of Ramadi. Some critics of the frequently star Shia Baghdad government suggested the administration was hesitant to arm Sunni tribes against ISIS as it mistrusts them additionally hesitant to send sufficient reinforcements to battle for a predominantly Sunni territory.
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Philanthropic crisis looms
The United Nations cautioned Thursday that an absence of funding threatens fundamental guide operations supporting more than 8 million individuals influenced by the contention in Iraq.
The U.N. philanthropic coordinator for Iraq, Lise Grande, said the guide operation was hanging by a string and that catastrophe looms if donors don't promptly make funds accessible.
"The crisis in Iraq is a standout amongst the most intricate and unpredictable anyplace on the planet," she said in a statement.
"Compassionate partners have been doing everything they can to offer assistance. In any case, more than 50% of the operation will be shut down or curtail if cash is not got promptly."
ISIS militants are opening just a few of the dam's 26 gates on the Euphrates River for brief periods every day, the officials and residents said.
The leader of the security chamber in the town of Khalidiyah, Sheik Ibrahim Khalaf al-Fahdawi, and two residents of the adjacent town of Habbaniya told CNN on Thursday that this move was to keep stream water overflowing from ISIS' side of the dam, furthermore to permit some water to stream downstream toward ISIS-held Falluja.
They included that the level of water in the Euphrates was currently sufficiently low that the waterway could be strolled across, making it easier for ISIS militants to cross and assault the genius government towns of Husaybah and Khalidiyah and the substantial security forces base at Habbaniya.
The banks of the waterway are guarded by the Hashd al-Shaabi paramilitary forces, the same sources said, the lion's share from the Iraq-based Kataeb Hezbollah branch.
ISIS' triumph in Ramadi: Five lessons
Families escape clash
Iraq's Federal Police declared late Thursday that 800 fighters from its tip top power have been sent to reinforce troops in Anbar in their operations against ISIS. The fighters have trained in sniping, urban fighting, dealing with suicide auto bomb attacks and storming sustained barracks.
The 800 will be assigned to special battle missions against ISIS in Ramadi and other areas, a statement from the Iraqi Interior Ministry said.
However, residents of the towns of Habbaniya, Husaybah and Khalidiyah keep on fleeing, fearing an ISIS assault, according to officials and residents. Two residents said 300 families had fled as far north as Irbil, in the Kurdish-controlled zone of Iraq.
There are conflicting reports as to what number of families have fled Habbaniya and surrounding villages to take shelter in the town of Amiriyat al-Falluja as of late, yet officials suggest they number in any event in the dozens. Professional government tribal militias are delved in there however under regular mortar assault from ISIS, according to Iraqi sources.
A senior security authority told CNN the level of the Euphrates River had dropped by 1 meter (more than 3 feet) close Amiriyat al-Falluja.
Last week, the Iraqi government declared a noteworthy operation by Iraqi forces and the Hashd al-Shaabi paramilitary forces to retake Anbar province. Ramadi is the capital of the province.
Sectarian tensions are high over the fall of Ramadi. Some critics of the frequently star Shia Baghdad government suggested the administration was hesitant to arm Sunni tribes against ISIS as it mistrusts them additionally hesitant to send sufficient reinforcements to battle for a predominantly Sunni territory.
Inside the fight for Ramadi: Iraqi soldier recalls the fight with ISIS
Philanthropic crisis looms
The United Nations cautioned Thursday that an absence of funding threatens fundamental guide operations supporting more than 8 million individuals influenced by the contention in Iraq.
The U.N. philanthropic coordinator for Iraq, Lise Grande, said the guide operation was hanging by a string and that catastrophe looms if donors don't promptly make funds accessible.
"The crisis in Iraq is a standout amongst the most intricate and unpredictable anyplace on the planet," she said in a statement.
"Compassionate partners have been doing everything they can to offer assistance. In any case, more than 50% of the operation will be shut down or curtail if cash is not got promptly."
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