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In Fallujah, which is also held by ISIL, 23 people including five women and seven
children, were killed after Iraqi government forces shelled areas in the north of
the city, hospital sources told Al Jazeera.
Meanwhile, seven soldiers and five suicide bombers were killed, when ISIL
launched an attack against an Iraqi Quick Reaction Force base protecting a dam
northeast of Fallujah.
Security sources in Anbar province told Al Jazeera that five suicide car bombs
attacked the Nadhem al-Taqsim base 15-km northeast of Fallujah on Sunday
afternoon.
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Four of the vehicles were reportedly destroyed by the security forces, before they
were detonated, while the fifth managed to detonate killing the seven soldiers.
Another suicide attack was also reportedly carried out on the Haditha dam, 160km west of Ramadi, killing at least two soldiers and injuring three others,
according to Iraqi Army general Ali Dabu'un.
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The deaths came as more than 30 members of the government-allied Popular
Mobilisation Forces died in clashes with ISIL fighters near the city.