Today, ISIL gunmen have occupied the Tharthar Barrage in
southern Anbar. ISIL launched an attack on a military barracks manned by the
Iraqi army’s 1st Division, and then took control of the other
barracks after bombarding the positions.
Fierce fighting ensued, but the security forces have been calling for
more than a week for military reinforcement and supplies to these barracks, but
no aid has been forthcoming. Security sources have reported that at least 141
army and security personnel were killed in the fighting, among them the 1st
Division’s commanding officer, Brig.-Gen. Hassan Abbas, and a regimental
commander. ISIL gunmen have taken control of all the areas between al-Thathar
and Fallujah. Meanwhile Iraqi gun ships and coalition warplanes have
struck a number of positions in these areas and security forces have announced
that at least 30 gunmen were killed.
At the Treybil border crossing on the Iraqi-Jordanian
border, ISIL gunmen using 3 explosives-laden vehicles have killed at least 5
security personnel were killed and at least 11 were wounded in the attack.
Meanwhile, military operations are at their fiercest in the
eastern Ramadi Sufiya area where security forces have penetrated into the town
byt ISIL gunmen have counterattacked.
In the southern sector of Ramadi, security forces have taken
control of the Hawz district and a number of other districts in southern
Ramadi. Security forces have succeeded in penetrating into the
Bu-Farraj area north of Ramadi where broad military operations are still
underway. Iraqi gun ships and coalition warplanes have carried out numerous
strikes on the areas along Ramadi’s perimeter.
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