Military operations in Anbar are ongoing on three fronts:
In Haditha, the town is still blockaded; yesterday there was
a fierce clash, and there were airstrikes believed by some to have been carried
out by U.S.
warplanes on the town's periphery; at least 21 ISIL gunmen were killed and a
number of their vehicles were destroyed.
The head of the Haditha Municipality, Abdul-Hakeem
Al-Jughaify, confirmed that the situation within the town is fully under
control, but also called on the central government to provide additional
weapons and ammunition in order to thwart the gunmen's attempts to penetrate
into the town.
In Fallujah, the past three days have witnessed an
escalation in the bombardment of the city; the latest casualty count lists 13
residents killed and 19 others wounded by the shelling of a number of the
city's residential districts.
In Al-Garma, 4 residents were killed and 9 were wounded in
the bombardment of several of the town's districts.
In Ramadi, security forces have advanced toward entering the
city's western districts that had fallen to the gunmen, but airstrikes reported
by security sources as having been carried out by U.S. warplanes have provided
a morale boost to the advancing security forces.
In Hit, there is growing concern that the gunmen will
attempt to assault the township in the coming days or even hours.
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