Fighting is still underway in the Khalidiya area of eastern
Ramadi. Security forces supported by tribal fighters have succeeded in taking
control of eastern Husayba. Meanwhile, big military reinforcements have reached
the Khalidiya and Habbaniya areas adjacent to Ramadi city. Iraqi air support
has taken part in repelling the ISIL attacks in these areas and has struck ISIL
positions and concentrations.
There are reports that preparations are underway for a major
military operation aimed at re-taking Ramadi city.
Meanwhile, coalition warplanes have launched strikes against
both Ramadi’s environs and its center, killing a number of ISIL gunmen.
Security forces have announced today that they have taken
full control of the Jubba area on the western banks of the Euphrates in
Baghdadi, and that they have killed at least 13 gunmen in the area. The forces
have also announced that they are in control of all the roads between Baghdadi
and Haditha.
In Fallujah, a General Hospital source has reported today
that 6 residents have been killed and 5 wounded by the ongoing random
bombardments between security forces along the city’s perimeter and the ISIL
gunmen holding the city. Fighting is continuing in the city’s southern
industrial outskirts, with ISIL continuing their attacks on the military
barracks in the area.
Fighting is also continuing in and around Garma.
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