Iraqi security forces seized on Thursday large caches of ammunition belonging to the ISIS terrorist group in western Anbar province, the Iraqi army said.

A joint Anbar Operations Command and intelligence force conducted a search operation in the Wadi Al-Qadhif sector, south of the town of al-Rutba, some 400 km west of Baghdad, according to a Joint Operations Command release. The soldiers found caches of ammunition containing 360 improvised explosive devices, 42 anti-tank mines, 200 RPG-7 rocket launchers, 95 thermal-guided missiles and 18 jerrycans filled with ammonia nitrate.

Another unit of the Anbar Operations Command conducted a search operation in the region of Al-Saggar, east of the city of Al-Qaim, near the border with Syria, added the statement. Iraqi troops discovered seven hideouts of the ISIS and a cave containing four IEDs, anti-tank mines and various explosive devices as well as supplies, said the statement, adding that the troops had seized the ammunition and destroyed all the hideouts and the cave.