ANBAR, Iraq
At least 25 Daesh militants and 15 Iraqi security personnel were killed Sunday in separate incidents across Iraq’s western Anbar province, according to Iraqi army and police sources.
Lieutenant-Colonel Ahmed al-Obaidi of the Iraqi army told Anadolu Agency that four Daesh militants – including a prominent group leader and three fighters – had been killed by a “secret faction of armed tribesmen” in Anbar’s Kubaysah sub-district.
Iraqi army Colonel Ahmed al-Delimi, for his part, told Anadolu Agency that U.S.-led coalition warplanes had struck Daesh positions on the outskirts of Fallujah city and the Al-Saqallawiyah sub-district, leaving 21 militants dead and two armored vehicles destroyed.
A police source in Anbar, meanwhile, told Anadolu Agency that 15 security personnel had been killed when their convoy struck an improvised explosive device planted by the extremist group in the Al-Tash area south of Ramadi city.
Although Daesh recently lost several parts of Iraq’s Diyala, Ninawah and Saladin provinces, the group remains in control of most of Anbar, including provincial capital Ramadi.
