Now they’re closing in on the strategic Ayn al-Assad Air Base, only about 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Al-Baghdadi, the security officials said, and Iraqi forces there are calling for reinforcements.
That western front is just one of many where ISIS forces are on the move.
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Two security officials in the Anbar provincial office told CNN that security forces inside Ayn al-Assad killed eight suicide bombers Friday who were trying to breach the air base’s perimeter from the direction of Al-Baghdadi.
CNN’s Hamdi Alkhshali and Kareem Khadder contributed to this report.
