Jehadi fighters killed at least ten soldiers in the western Iraqi province of Anbar on Tuesday in their latest deadly attack on security forces in the area, officers said.
The attack near the remote outpost of Rutba brought to at least 26 the number of members of the Iraqi security forces killed by the ISIS in the area in recent days. “We had ten soldiers killed and six wounded in an attack by ISIS early this morning,” an army lieutenant colonel told AFP. A police officer and a local official confirmed the attack and casualty toll. The Army officer said ISIS fighters attacked a 1st Division base in the Saggar area, east of Rutba, using mortar rounds and rockets before fighters armed with rifles tried to storm it.