40 Extremists, 17 Iraqi Security Forces Killed in Clashes

Local Editor

The so-called "Daesh" [ISIL] extremist group launched attacks on Iraqi bases in two western towns that left at least 17 members of the security forces and 40 extremists dead, security and medical sources said on Thursday.

Seven policemen and four soldiers were killed when Daesh militants attacked the police headquarters in the town of Heet, while at least six federal forces were killed in an assault on a major army base in Ramadi.

Meanwhile, twenty Daesh attackers were killed in each attack, senior officers said. Five extremists were still holed up in a building in Heet while the Ramadi attack had been successfully repulsed, they added.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team