Iraqi forces defeated Islamic State group infiltrators in all three areas they had seized near Ramadi, west of Baghdad, on Wednesday after several hours of fighting, police said.
"The security forces and the tribes retook control of the Al-Tash, Majr and Kilometre Seven districts," provincial police chief Major General Hadi Razij Kassar told reporters.
"All the Daesh members were killed," he added, using an Arabic acronym for IS.
The operation by the jihadists was likely to have been an attempted diversion from an offensive that the government launched last week against their last two footholds in Iraq, one of them a series of towns further up the Euphrates Valley from Ramadi.
GMT 10:16 2017 Wednesday ,27 September
Fierce clashes between Iraqi forces, Daesh in RamadiGMT 08:51 2017 Wednesday ,27 September
IS battles Iraq forces near Ramadi west of BaghdadGMT 07:53 2017 Wednesday ,27 September
Islamic State group infiltrators in all three areas they had seized nearGMT 07:51 2017 Wednesday ,27 September
Iraq forces defeat IS infiltrators near RamadiGMT 07:39 2017 Wednesday ,27 September
Terrorists infiltrated the Al-Tash and Majr areas south of RamadiMaintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
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