In Hit, security and tribal forces have launched a broad
security operation which resulted today in the re-taking of the Hit military
camp where ISIL gunmen had captured large quantities of equipment and weapons,
Also re-taken was the northwestern riverside area that had been home to members of the Bu-Nimr
tribe. The clashes have left 14 gunmen killed.
Iraqi military aircraft have attacked specific targets in
western Ramadi and the areas between the city and Hit, where fierce clashes
have been taking place. Also today, ISIL has executed at least 36 members of
the Bu-Nimr tribe in Hit, most of whom were security personnel and Awakenings
fighters.
Security forces in Baghdadi and Habbaniya have begun
receiving tribal volunteers and armed forces members who have been flocking
there to take advantage of the amnesty granted to those who have been
AWOL.
Calls for humanitarian relief have been increasing from the
blockaded township
of Baghdadi, with the
continuing ban on any food or fuel reaching the township.
In Amiriyat Al-Fallujah, a security operation is continuing,
especially to the south, near the border with Babel Province,
where Iraqi air support has also been in action.
There are reports that a senior ISIL leader has been killed in
the Ramadi fighting.
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