Anti-terror chief among seven killed in Iraq blasts

Co-ordinated early-morning bombings on Thursday at the homes of four police officers in the western Iraqi town of Heet killed seven people, including the town's anti-terror chief, police said."At 3:00 am, men planted bombs around the bedrooms of four houses belonging to members of the police force, including Major Walid al-Heeti, the head of Heet's anti-terror department," said Lieutenant Colonel Fadhil Nimrawi, the head of the town's emergency response unit.

BAGHDAD — A wave of over a dozen car bombings hit central and southern Iraq during morning rush hour on Monday, officials said, killing at least 51 people in the latest coordinated attack by insurgents determined to undermine the government.

Baghdad (AFP) - The Islamic State group launched a major attack on the Iraqi city of Ramadi Friday, attempting to seize one of the last urban pockets under government control in troubled Anbar province.

Baghdad (AFP) - Iraqi forces closed in on Ramadi Tuesday and launched an operation aimed at cutting off the jihadists in Anbar province before a major offensive to retake the city.

Baghdad (AFP) - Islamic State fighters closed in on the last government-held positions in the Iraqi city of Ramadi Saturday after Baghdad vowed an air and ground counter-offensive.

Twin suicide blasts in the western city of Ramadi on Wednesday killed 23 people and left the Anbar provincial governor wounded in the latest attacks against government targets to hit Iraq.The co-ordinated bombings, which left a total of 30 people wounded, struck the governorate offices in the centre of Anbar's provincial capital and also killed and wounded senior security officials.The first attack struck near a security checkpoint at a road junction leading to the governorate offices in the centre of the Anbar provincial capital at around 9:30 am (0630 GMT).

BAGHDAD — The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant unleashed a wave of suicide attacks targeting the Iraqi army in western Anbar province, killing at least 17 troops in a major blow to government efforts to dislodge the extremists from the sprawling Sunni heartland, an Iraqi military spokesman said Wednesday. The attacks came just hours after the Iraqi government on Tuesday announced the start of a wide-scale operation to recapture areas under the control of ISIL in Anbar.

TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) - At least 17 people were killed in attacks across Iraq on Sunday as troops fought to evict Islamist militants from the northern town of Sulaiman Pek, security sources and medics said.Armored vehicles and special police forces with heavy machineguns arrived in Sulaiman Pek to reinforce troops battling there for several days backed by helicopters gunships.