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Iraq begins operation to oust Islamic State group from Anbar

Civilians inspect the site of a auto bomb attack in Baghdad’s northern neighborhood of Shaab, Iraq, Thursday, June 25, 2015.

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In Baghdad’s al-Askan zone, a auto insurance blowup eliminated at least four certain people and damaged 11 throughout the industrial real world as individuals formed after twilight to damage such a day-by-day quick to use on the Islamic sacred 4 weeks of Ramadan.

Security forces, some with sniffer dogs, were sweeping areas nearby after receiving information about two further possible bombs.

A hundred people were injured in the attacks. It regularly sends bombers into Baghdad.

Police also said a roadside bomb on a commercial street in Baghdad’s al-Amal neighbourhood killed two people and wounded seven.

Baghdad: At least 30 Islamic State (IS) terrorists and eight Iraqi soldiers have been killed in separate clashes in Iraq, sources said on Sunday.

The operation began at dawn and includes troops and police as well as Shia militias and allied Sunni tribes, Joint Operations Command spokesman Brig. Units of Iraqi army soldiers and volunteer fighters have joined forces and are seeking to retake militant-held regions.

Although Ramadi remains the strategic target, military sources and Shi’ite militia leaders have said the initial focus will be on Falluja, which was the first city in Iraq to fall under militant control 18 months ago. The operation comes almost two months after Daesh seized Ramadi, the province’s capital, in one of the terror group’s greatest victories since its conquest of Nineveh and much of northern Iraq in a lightning advance past year.

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Iraq has announced the start of an offensive aimed at recapturing its western province of Anbar from the group calling itself Islamic State.

Iraqis clear up the aftermath the day after a car explosion in Baghdad which suffered a string of bombings including two suicide attacks that killed 29