In Ramadi today,
gunmen were around the perimeter of the Anbar Operations Command that houses
the Army local HQ in central Ramadi. There have also been intermittent clashes
in some districts in the city's southern sector. There have also been clashes
and shelling in the western districts which have been controlled by the gunmen
for about two weeks. Yesterday there were clashes and mortar shelling around
the 8th Brigade HQ in the western sector.
In Fallujah, a
casualty count has shown that 4 residents have been killed and 11 others
wounded in the shelling, since last night and up to noontime today, of numerous
districts of the city. That brings the total count since the beginning of the
crisis up to 551 killed and at least 2,000 wounded, according to the Fallujah General Hospital .
To the northeast, in
Al-Garma, intensive shelling has targeted many of the town's districts, as well
as the town's general hospital that has been hit by shelling for the third
time. The facility was heavily damaged and three of its medical staff were
wounded.
In Anbar's western
regions, the main towns are still being controlled by gunmen, but these areas
have been struck by the army air arm. The areas around the border between Nineveh and Anbar
governorates have also been bombarded, as have the areas along the Iraqi-Syrian
border. These areas have struck almost daily, but the surrounding populated
areas are still under the control of the gunmen who are regulating the general
situation there, in a similar way to their takeover of Mosul .
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