Fighting continues in key Anbar town
<p>IS fighters are continuing to launch attacks on the strategically important town of al-Baghdadi, in Anbar province, days after <a target="_blank" href="http://www.iraqoilreport.com/news/anbar-battle-highlights-is-challenge-14162/">pro-government forces reasserted control of the area</a>.</p>
Iraqi Interior Minister Muhammad Salim al-Gabban arrives at al-Assad Airbase on Feb. 27, 2015. (ALI MOHAMMED/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
BAGHDAD - IS fighters are continuing to launch attacks on the strategically important town of al-Baghdadi, in Anbar province, days after pro-government forces reasserted control of the area.
Six suicide bombers raided the town on Friday, according to Abu Abdul-Rahman al-Obaidi, a resident of al-Baghdadi and a member of the Obaidi tribe, which has fought to defend the town from IS militants.
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