BAGHDAD: A series of suicide attacks by Daesh outside a town in Anbar province west of Baghdad on Tuesday killed 12 soldiers and allied Sunni militiamen, military and hospital officials said.
They said the attack began when IS militants shelled army and militia positions outside the town of Haditha with mortars. They followed up with two suicide bombers who blew themselves up near the troops and later with three suicide car bombings. Five soldiers and three Sunni tribesmen were wounded in the attacks.
Airstrikes by the US-led alliance destroyed six Daesh vehicles and killed 13 militants as they approached the site, where heavy clashes ensued between the militants and the government forces, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
Daesh has a field day in Iraq
Daesh has a field day in Iraq
