At least 52 people were killed and another 54 wounded on Monday in three suicide bombings, but also in a series of attacks launched by Iraqi forces and the US-led international coalition in the Anbar province, west of Baghdad, security officials said.
At least 25 members of the Iraqi army and pro-government militias were killed and 33 wounded in three suicide car-bomb attacks in the areas of al-Kharabesha, al-Maamel and al-Bauitha, near the city of Ramadi, the capital Anbar, reports Efe.
Two other soldiers were killed and five wounded in a missile attack against Iraqi army headquarters west of Fallujah, while three soldiers were killed and two more were wounded when an explosive device hit a military vehicle east of Fallujah.
The official also added that 10 Islamic State terrorists were killed in an attack conducted by the international coalition, led by the US, against a convoy of the extremists near the city of Haditha, west of Ramadi.