An Iraqi flag is seen on a military vehicle at an oil field in Dibis area on the outskirts of Kirkuk, Iraq October 17, 2017. (File Photo:REUTERS)

Cairo (People's Daily) - A security source from the Joint Operations Command said Thursday that Iraqi security troops have liberated a region held by Islamic State militants in their last stronghold in Anbar. 

"The army started erecting a floating bridge between Annah and Rawa in western Anbar ahead of invading Rawa,"Maj. Gen. Noaman al-Zawba’ie, commander of the seventh division, told Alghad Press in Iraq. 

"The bridges between the two towns have been destroyed and cannot be used. Thus, another one will be set up so that troops could pass toward Rawa," he added. 

On November 11, Iraqi forces launched an offensive to recapture Rawa, the last town controlled by the so-called Islamic State. 

Retaking Rawa in the offensive, which began on Saturday, would leave the jihadist group on the verge of complete defeat in Iraq. 

The town, and a few small parcels of land, are all that remains under the militants' control in Iraq, after the larger town of al-Qaim fell last week. 

The Joint Operations Command said in a statement that two Iraqi infantry divisions and Sunni tribal forces were being supported by "war planes".