At least 50 people were killed and 63 more were wounded, mostly in an ongoing battle in Anbar province.
Anbar:
Artillery fire and subsequent clashes killed three people and wounded 53 more in the Zoba region, which lies between Falluja and Amiriyat al-Falluja. Women and children were among the casualties. The shelling set off a night of clashes that left as many as 44 soldiers dead.
Clashes also took place in Garma and al-Siger, but the number of casualties was not released.
In Ramadi, clashes also occurred.
Two bridges were blown-up, but no casualties were reported.
Elsewhere:
In Baghdad, three bombs wounded ten people in Suleikh. Security forces killed a suicide bomber at a checkpoint.
Two gunmen were killed in Latifiya.
