9 April 2018 - 17:55

IS attack on Haditha town, kills two Iraqi forces

<p style="text-align: left;">Two Iraqi security forces members were killed and another six wounded in the clash with four Islamic State (IS) suicide bombers, a security source said.

Iraqi forces repelled the attack launched on Monday, April 9, by IS militants in the western Iraqi province of Anbar, the source said.

Iraqi forces backed by Sunni tribal fighters killed three IS militants in counter-attack which occurred in the town of Haditha, some 200 km northwest of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, NRT reported.

The fourth IS militant managed to blow himself up, the security source added.

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