Iraqi armed forces repulsed an assault by the Islamic State group (ISIS) in the Jarais area of northern Ramadi, destroying several car bombs the militants had planned to use against the military, an officer told Rudaw on Tuesday. "Iraqi forces were able to defeat an assault by the Islamic State in the area of Jarais in northern Ramadi, destroying four car bombs rigged with heavy explosives," said the Iraqi army's Brig Gen. Ismail Mahlawi. Meanwhile, a Rudaw reporter in Ramadi added that warplanes from the US-led coalition had bombed two improvised car bombs in the area of Taamim in southwestern Ramadi. Sources from the Anbar provincial council told Rudaw Tuesday that all ISIS supply lines into Ramadi had been cut off, adding that the city is surrounded by forces loyal to the Iraqi government. Some 10,000 Iraqi soldiers, policemen, militiamen of the Shiite Hashd al-Shaabi and tribal forces have been unsuccessfully fighting to clear Anbar province from ISIS since June. They have been unable to make any significant advances, with several assaults repulsed by the militants.
