Summary
A wave of attacks across Iraq killed at least 15 civilians on Wednesday as government forces pressed on with their offensive to dislodge ISIS from a major city west of Baghdad, officials said.
The attacks came a day after Iraqi security forces reported progress in recapturing some areas in the western city of Ramadi, 130 kilometers (80 miles) west of Baghdad, from ISIS extremists who control large swaths of land in western and northern Iraq and in neighboring Syria.
On Tuesday, Iraqi counterterrorism forces pushed into the Dubbat and Aramil neighborhoods, about 3 kilometers (less than 2 miles) from the city center, said Gen. Ismail al-Mahallawi, the head of operations in Anbar province.
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