’ISIL’ Militants Launch Attacks around Iraq’s Ramadi

Local Editor

The suspected so-called "Daesh" ["ISIL"] militants launched coordinated attacks around the western Iraqi city of Ramadi on Friday, overrunning a village to the east and clashing with tribal fighters to the west, a local official and a tribal leader said.

A member of the Anbar Provincial Council, Hathal al-Fahdawi, said that "Daesh" militants took over the village of Al-Shujairiya, about 20 km east of Ramadi, where fighting was still going on.
He said there was also fierce fighting to the west of Ramadi, although there were no details of casualties, and clashes to the north and south.

Security forces killed 12 militants who tried to storm a mosque and a house close to Shujairiya, a tribal leader, Rafie Fahdawi, said.

The city center remains under the control of Iraqi government forces but outlying neighborhoods have been seized by the extremist militants.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team