Islamic State group jihadists battled Iraqi forces near Ramadi west of Baghdad Wednesday after infiltrating government lines, a military source said.
"Terrorists infiltrated the Al-Tash and Majr areas south of Ramadi as well as the Kilometre Seven District west of the city," a general who asked not to be identified told AFP.
Ramadi is the capital of the vast, mainly Sunni Arab Anbar province, which has long been a bastion of insurgency and was retaken by the army from IS only in December 2015.
Troops and paramilitaries last week launched twin offensives against the jihadists' last footholds in Iraq -- in the Euphrates Valley near the Syrian border and around the northern town of Hawija.
GMT 10:16 2017 Wednesday ,27 September
Fierce clashes between Iraqi forces, Daesh in RamadiGMT 08:55 2017 Wednesday ,27 September
Iraq forces defeat IS infiltrators near RamadGMT 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
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