Islamic State attack security outpost in western Iraq
Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Islamic State militants wounded a number of Iraq security members after an attack on their outpost in Anbar province, security sources were quoted saying.
Baghdad Today quoted the sources saying that militants attacked the special operations regiment headquarter west of Ramadi. Four members, including an officer, were wounded in the attack, according to the source.
Three Islamic State members killed in attempt to attack security, west of Anbar
Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Three Islamic State militants were killed as they attempted attacking a security checkpoint, west of Anbar, a paramilitary official said on Friday.
In remarks to Almaalomah website, Qutri al-Obeidi, of the mobilization forces in Anbar, said “security troops managed to kill three Islamic State members while attempting to attack a security checkpoint at the Kilo 18 region, west of Anbar. No casualties among security troops occurred.”
Security troops, according to Obeidi, “tightened security measures along the strategic road there to avoid security failure.”
Imam of mosque killed in wake of sermon urging fighting Islamic State militants in Anbar
Anbar (IraqiNews.com) A paramilitary official from Anbar province has provided death about the murdering of an Imam of a mosque, west of Anbar.
“Members of Islamic State stormed into house of Mounir Okab al-Duleimi, Imam of a mosque in Rutba town, west of Anbar, and shot him dead,” Qutri al-Obeidi, of the mobilization forces of Anbar, told Almaalomah website on Friday.
“Investigations showed that murdering Duleimi came in the wake of his Friday sermon, that he gave last week, urging necessity to fight Islamic State members,” he added.
Troops, according to Obeidi, “carried out a campaign in search for the perpetrators.”