BAGHDAD, Oct 2 (KUNA) -- Armed members of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attacked on Thursday the government military command headquarters in Al-Anbar, the largest city in Al-Ramadi governorates west of Baghdad, according to security sources.
The attackers targeted the building with rockets and mortar shells, the sources said, adding that the attack coincided with fierce fighting south of Tikrit, the number-one city in Salah-Eddine, north of the capital.
The attack on the military command headquarters is ongoing, the sources told KUNA.
The town of Heet, west of Al-Ramadi, was also attacked by the ISIL militants, the sources said, adding that the gunmen set off three bombs and launched attacks with lights arms, killing three security men and wounding 10 others.
The sources also reported fighting between the militants and government forces in Al-Mu'tasem south of Tikrit. They said four government troops were killed and 15 others were wounded in the fighting. (end) ahh.rk