ANBAR, Iraq
At least 115 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants have reportedly been killed in gun battles with Iraqi Army troops in the country's Anbar province, an Iraqi commander said on Sunday.
Anbar's operations chief, Rashid Falih, told reporters that ISIL attacked three Iraqi military headquarters, all located in the al-Qerame district of the province.
The Iraqi troops responded as soon as the militants began to open fire.
The clash swiftly turned into an all-out gun battle, killing at least 115 militants including ISIL suicide bombers.
Iraqi air forces supported their ground troops' counterattack against the militants and also destroyed six of their vehicles.
The commander refused to reveal any details regarding casualties among Iraqi troops.
Scores dead in suicide attacks across Iraq
At least 26 people, including security forces, have been killed and 42 others wounded in separate suicide attacks in Iraq's Diyala province and the capital Baghdad, officials have told the Anadolu Agency.
The Head of Diyala's provincial council, Sadiq al-Husseini, said the suicide attacks were carried out by two explosive-laden vehicles aimed at governorate and municipal buildings in Diyala.
A total of 22 people, including Iraqi police officers, died in these two attacks, Husseini continued.
In the eastern and southern parts of the capital, Baghdad, two bombings have left four people dead and 12 others wounded.
No one has claimed responsibility for these attacks so far.
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