In a "tactical withdrawal" late Sunday night, government troops pulled out of the training base near Heet, some 160 km west of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, and moved to the al-Asad base in Baghdadi area, 40 km northwest of Heet, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
The troops also evacuated all their weapons and equipment to al- Asad base, the source said.
On Oct. 2, hundreds of IS militants stormed Heet and seized most of its neighborhoods following fierce clashes with Iraqi security forces and allied Sunni tribesmen.
The security situation has deteriorated drastically in Iraq since June 10, when bloody clashes broke out between Iraqi security forces and hundreds of IS militants, who took control of the country's northern city of Mosul and later seized swathes of
Sources: Xinhua - globaltimes.cn
13/10/14
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