Anbar Operations: Armed attack kills, wounds 4 soldiers near Ramadi
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Anbar (IraqiNews.com) A security source in Anbar Operations Command revealed on Tuesday, that a soldier was killed, while three others were wounded in an armed attack on a checkpoint in Km 35 area, west of Ramadi.
The source said, “Members of the Islamic State attacked a checkpoint in the Km 35 area on the international road, west of Ramadi, killing one soldier and wounding three others.”
“The wounded were transferred to a nearby hospital, while security troops conducted an extensive operation to search for the perpetrators of the arrack, who managed to escape toward the western desert,” the source added.
The source also declared that dozens of terrorist attacks were launched by the Islamic State, on military checkpoints and headquarters on the international road and the liberated western areas, from the open desert areas.