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Tens of thousands of trapped Iraqi civilians have stalled the government’s advance in the battle against the Islamic State militant group in the western Anbar province, a spokesman for Iraq’s elite counterterrorism forces said Friday.
The civilians are trapped between the Iraqi forces’ lines and the Isis extremists hunkered down in the centre of the town of Hit, 85 miles west of Baghdad, the official said.
Meanwhile, Isis claimed responsibility for two suicide car bombings that killed 11 security forces personnel late on Thursday night south-east of the city of Mosul, which is controlled by Isis.
Early on Thursday morning, Iraqi forces re-launched an offensive on Hit under cover of heavy US-led coalition airstrikes, said the counterterrorism chief, Sabah al-Numan. Over the past week the coalition launched 17 airstrikes in and around Hit, according to Pentagon statements.