Suicide bombings, clashes kill 23 in Iraq’s Anbar

Two suicide bombings followed by clashes in Iraq’s Anbar province west of Baghdad killed 23 security personnel on Tuesday.

January 06, 2015

Sahoub Baghdadi

 


 


BAGHDAD — Two suicide bombings followed by clashes in Iraq’s Anbar province west of Baghdad killed 23 security personnel on Tuesday, officers and a doctor said. The suicide bombers attacked a mosque in the Al-Jubba area of Anbar where anti-militant fighters were resting, killing 10, after which clashes broke out that left a further 13 security personnel dead and 21 wounded. Al-Jubba is located near the Al-Asad Air Base — where American military personnel are deployed — and the town of Baghdadi, an area that has seen heavy fighting between security forces and the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) group. — AFP


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