Iraqi government forces, backed by allied fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units, have liberated Akashat town near border with Syria from the ISIS terrorist group.

Axar.az reports citing Press TV.

The Iraqi forces launched a multi-pronged operation earlier on Saturday to dislodge ISIS terrorists from an area on the border with Syria, south of the Euphrates River.

Lieutenant General Abdul-Amir Yarallah stated that the offensive to liberate the town of Akashat, was aimed at securing border regions and the area north of the vital highway that linked the Iraqi capital to neighboring Jordan and Syria.