01 March 2015

In Baghdadi, an Anbar Operations source has announced that ISIL has executed 19 residents of the westernmost sector of the town. The gunmen had told them to join the ISIL fight against the security forces, but they refused; they were shot in one of Baghdadi township's westernmost villages.

Meanwhile security forces engaged in a battle to secure the road linking Baghdadi and Haditha, in order to enable the delivery of food aid to Haditha's residents who are experiencing a grave humanitarian situation because of the virtually total lack of any foodstuffs or medicines.

Security forces have meanwhile advanced toward the perimeter of the residential complex in southwestern Baghdadi. Iraqi and coalition warplanes have carried out a number of sorties against ISIL positions in the area; casualty figures are not yet available.

In Ramadi, 9 gunmen, including a non-Iraqi Arab national, have been reported killed in the Khalidiya area by coalition and Iraqi air strikes. Meanwhile security forces have secured the northeastern rural areas of the city. Fighting is continuing in the city's southern sector. Coalition and Iraqi air strikes have targeted a number of the gunmen's positions, including the ISIL stronghold in the Hawz district.

In Fallujah, the general hospital has announced that 2 residents have been killed and 7 have been wounded by the random bombardment exchanges, particularly in the city's central and southern residential districts.

In Garma and its surroundings, heavy bombardment exchanges have been continuing for the fifth consecutive day. Iraqi army sources have reported that 30 gunmen have been killed in the area.

In Amiriyat al-Fallujah, mortar fire has wounded 3 residents and caused substantial material damage in the town's center.