ISIL shelling kills more Iraqi soldiers in Ramadi
Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) continued their counter-assault against Iraqi forces in Ramadi, killing at least 13 soldiers in fresh shelling on Wednesday. Weeks after the Iraqi government declared Anbar's provincial capital had been recaptured from ISIL, the armed group attacked Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) positions in the north and […]Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) continued their counter-assault against Iraqi forces in Ramadi, killing at least 13 soldiers in fresh shelling on Wednesday. Weeks after the Iraqi government declared Anbar's provincial capital had been recaptured from ISIL, the armed group attacked Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) positions in the north and east of the city.
In the eastern suburb of Shujirayah, where ISF troops have attempted to clear about 300 ISIL fighters, at least nine soldiers from the army's 8th Division were killed by shelling, military sources told Al Jazeera.
