14 July 2014

In Ramadi, gunmen are still in control of the city's southern sector as well as the western sector. They are launching mortar and rocket attacks on the 8th Brigade HQ from the 5 Kilo district of western Ramadi as they attempt to take over the facility. Meanwhile clashes have erupted between gunmen and the local police supported by some of the tribal 'Awakenings' men in the city's northern and northeastern countryside areas along the Euphrates River.

In Fallujah, rockets and mortar rounds have been falling onto a number of residential districts since last night. The Fallujah General Hospital has announced that 4 residents were killed and 6 others wounded as a result of those attacks.

In Al-Garma, the town is still completely besieged on all sides after a number of its districts were shelled yesterday.

In Haditha, the situation has not changed since the armed groups attempted an assault into the town. The situation within the town is relatively calm and a dusk-to-dawn curfew is still in force.

Meanwhile, the gunmen are still in control of the main towns in Anbar, all the way to the Syrian border. Government air strikes are also continuing on suspected gunmen positions in those areas. But it is definitely the gunmen who are running things there and they are in full control of the security situation, as well as the day-to-day living conditions there.