Communications networks stop in Anbar amid reports of storming sit-in Square

 Communications networks stop in Anbar amid reports of storming sit-in Square
2013-12-30T07:31:55+00:00

Anbar province is experiencing political and security tensions on the background of arresting MP Ahmed al-Alwani and his brother who was killed on Saturday , as the Iraqi forces conducted a military operation to hunt down a l -Qaeda members in the desert of the province since two weeks ago.

A local official told “Shafaq News” that “all mobile networks and Internet stopped since dawn, except for one localnetwork.

Another official said that the military forces began storming sit- in Square Ramadi.

He added that “there are no more details currently available on the subject”.

Presidency of Kurdistan Region is concerned about the repercussions that followed the arrest of MP Ahmed al-Alwani in Anbar .

The Iraqi security forces arrested al-Alwani , a Sunni member of al- Iraqiya list at dawn on Saturday after a raid on his home in Ramadi in Anbar province .

Al-Alwani’s brother and three of his bodyguards were killed during clashes that accompanied the raid on his house , raising tensions between the Sunni minority and the government led by Shiitesmajority.

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