Iraqi forces repel IS attack on Ramadi

BEIRUT: Iraqi pro-government forces on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) repulsed an assault by the militant group Islamic State (IS) on the city of Ramadi, capital of western Anbar province, according to official and media accounts.

Al Iraqiya, the semiofficial state news outlet, quoted Brig. General Kathem Fahdawy, police chief in Anbar, as saying, “Security forces supported by tribal fighters repelled the largest attack of Daesh on Ramadi,” referring to IS by its Arabic acronym.