ISIL gunmen today took control of the Hit military camp,
with all its equipment and very large
quantities of munitions. The seizure followed fierce clashes and bombardment
exchanges that continued for about 8 hours between last night and this morning.
Also today, gunmen have seized Al-Doulab village Anbar Province
In Ramadi today, gunmen have seized control of the Shurta
district of the city that had been considered as being one of the quieter
districts, but everyone was surprised today when army and police forces withdrew
from the districts, thus allowing the gunmen to move in.
In Garma, there were fierce clashes yesterday, and coalition
warplanes carried out strikes against the gunmen's positions there.
In Fallujah, there have been numerous small clashes that did
not result in any civilians being injured.
The head of the local Haditha council, Abdul-Hakeem
Al-Jughaifi, demanded immediate intervention by the local and central
governments to save Haditha that is experiencing a humanitarian disaster
following the closure of the road between Haditha and Ramadi, after the
gunmen's seizure of Hit. This has meant
that all supplies and foodstuffs have been prevented from reaching Haditha,
especially since at least 2,000 families from Hit and its surrounding areas
have migrated to Haditha where there are overall shortages and rapidly rising
food and fuel prices. Another 229 families from Hit have made their way to the
southern Anbar villages.
The displaced migrants are now at the mercy of the gunmen
that have cut all the access roads to the areas to which the migrants have
fled. The gunmen are also forbidding the residents of the areas they control to
mingle with the migrants.
The Anbar Council announced today the formation of the first
Anbar National Guard brigade consisting so far of 2,000 volunteers who will be
deployed into some towns and villages to secure them after forcing the gunmen
out.
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