06 July 2015

In Haditha today, ISIL has launched the second attack of its kind in two days, from the east and from the northwest of the township. The attack involved six explosives-rigged vehicles that attempted to penetrate into parts of Haqlaniya and Khasfa, but security forces with Iraqi air support bombed three of the vehicles before they could reach their targets. The other three vehicles became involved in a direct confrontation. The ensuing clashes are still continuing, amid reports that ISIL forces are planning further attacks.

Also today, ISIL launched an attack on Baghdadi that lies between Hit and Haditha. Security forces repelled two attacks: from the east and from the southwest. Many mortar rounds were fired by the gunmen at the residential complex in southwestern Baghdadi. Security forces have announced that they are in control of the situation, although some skirmishes are still taking place.

Beginning last night, security forces are involved in a major military operation to liberate the Saqlawiya area in the countryside of Fallujah. They have liberated the Technical Institute building in Saqlawiya and the Saqwlawiya Bridge that links the area to Fallujah. ISIL gunmen have been preventing Saqlawiya residents from fleeing to other areas of the Province.

The Fallujah General Hospital has confirmed that 24 civilians were killed and at least 59 wounded by the indiscriminate bombardment exchanges between security forces around the city’s perimeter and the ISIL gunmen holding the city.

25 January 2015

An Anbar Operations source has announced today that coalition warplanes have targeted an ISIL convoy on the Iraqi-Syrian border, killing 6 gunmen, including a member of the ISIL leadership.

Coalition warplanes have also launched strikes on Ramadi's perimeter, killing 23 ISIL gunmen.

Clashes resumed today in the Khasfa area that lies between Haditha and Ana. Clashes involving 4 ISIL snipers have resulted in the killing of an officer of the 7th Division.

Military operations on the perimeter around Haditha, specifically across the Euphrates from the town have totally secured the area between Alous and Haditha.

Military operations are also continuing, aimed at liberating the Shjariyah area northeast of Ramadi. The Anbar Police commander announced today that 95% of the area is now secure, with some snipers still in position on a number of rooftops. The road linking the area with Ramadi city has also been secured.

In Ramadi, ISIL gunmen attempted to penetrate into the city from the southern Hawz district; however security forces and the intervention of coalition warplanes have turned back the attack. A number of buildings in the Anbar University complex have also come under fire today; at least 50 ISIL gunmen in what has become their Ramadi headquarters were killed.

In Fallujah, a General Hospital source has announced today that 2 residents have been killed and 11 wounded in the resumption of the daily indiscriminate bombardment exchanges. 

Clashes have also resumed in the areas in and around Garma, particularly in the town's industrial zone. Coalition warplanes and Iraqi air support have launched a number of strikes against ISIL positions there, killing a number of the gunmen.

A conference in Anbar including tribal elders, religious scholars, and local government members has stressed the need for a popular mobilization of Anbar citizens, to be supplied by the central government with arms, ammunition, and training, in order to carry on the fight against the ISIL gunmen in the province.  

24 January 2015

The Anbar Council member, Sadiq Jamil, announced today that the Bu-Risha area is now fully under the security forces' control:

Jamil: The Al-Bu-Risha area is fully under the control of the security forces. The ISIL gunmen have been expelled, and the main highway from the west into Ramadi is now open to traffic.

The Council member also referred to the areas around Haditha:

Jamil: Fighters of the Jughaifa tribe supported by other tribal forces have liberated a number of areas in the Khasfa region of Haditha Township.

The Anbar Council member also called on the central government to supply arms and ammunition to the tribal forces:

Jamil: All that remains for us is to call on the central government to take advantage of the tribal forces' exceptional motivation by providing them with what they need in the way of arms and ammunition.

A medical source at the Fallujah general hospital announced today that 4 residents have been killed and 11 others wounded by the ongoing indiscriminate bombardment exchanges between security forces on the city's perimeter and ISIL gunmen within the city.

Coalition warplanes have struck targets in and around Garma, killing at least 28 of the gunmen, following fierce clashes in the town's industrial zone and in the areas linking Anbar with Baghdad.

12 August 2014

In Haditha, fierce battles have taken place in the Al-Khasfa area, where 7 tribal 'Awakenings' fighters and security personnel were killed. Groups of gunmen were targeted by air strikes, leaving 4 gunmen dead and destroying some of the vehicles they were using.

In Fallujah, 6 residents have been killed including one child, and 10 others were wounded in the bombardment of a number of the city's residential districts.

In Al-Garma, 3 residents were killed and 5 were wounded in the renewed clashes and the bombardment of some of the town's districts.

In Ramadi, at 10:00 this morning, a demonstration took place in front of Governorate Council building. The demonstrators demanded that they be allowed to return to their homes. They also called on the Governor and the local government to provide services and food, as the city has been isolated and goods are not reaching it.

There were also military operations and activity in the area between Fallujah and the Abu Ghraib area west of Baghdad. Reconnaissance flights and air strikes against gunmen positions were part of the action.

The western townships in Anbar are still held by the gunmen.

Otherwise, the Anbar situation remains unchanged.