The most significant development as of this hour today has
been the operation launched by ISIL in the center of Ramadi, where the gunmen
have seized the Ramadi Education Directorate and are now less than 20 meters
away from the government complex that includes the Anbar Council Seat and the
other government departments, including the prison and the province's
intelligence branch directorates. The fiercest clashes are now underway,
following ISIL's seizure of large parts of the city's southwestern districts.
Also this evening, the Anbar Council has issued a plea, saying that the province will fall within 24
hours if the government security forces and the Iraqi air force do not
intervene, given that ISIL is the closest it has ever been to the government
complex in Ramadi.
Ther were also fierce clashes today around Hit which some
have expected to be part of the big operation by the security forces, but these
forces are still deployed outside the town and have not penetrated into it.
Baghdadi and the Ayn Al-Asad Base are now the only places
where preparations are being made for the campaign to liberate the rest of
Anbar.
In Fallujah today, there were also fierce clashes, including
indiscriminate bombardment, mortar fire, and gunfire exchanges, especially in
the districts alongside the main highway to Baghdad . At least 11 civilians have been
killed in the fighting. Mortar rounds have also hit in the vicinity of the
city's general hospital, causing material damage but no casualties.
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