IS attacks Iraqi US military adviser, 8 people are killed

Iraqi and American officials said that the armed personnel of the extremist group "Islamic State" were defeated when they attacked a town and a nearby military base with American military advisers in Iraq from 12th to 13th.

Baghdadi Town is located in Anbar Province in the west of Iraq. About 5 kilometers away from the town is the Assad Air Base, where about 320 US marines are stationed. Their task is to train the 7th Iraqi Division.

The "Islamic State" controlled a large area of Anbar Province and besieged Baghdadi Town for several months. Reuters quoted Iraqi intelligence officials as saying that the armed forces of the "Islamic State" attacked the town in two routes on the 12th, and sent another route of armed personnel to attack the Assad base. An Iraqi military official said that due to bad weather, the US military and its allies weakened their air strikes on the "Islamic State", and the other side took the opportunity to launch attacks.

A spokesman of the US Department of Defense confirmed that "fierce exchanges of fire" broke out in Baghdadi Town, but Assad Base was not directly attacked, only the periphery was hit by "ineffective indirect fire". The Iraqi military said that the base was shelled and some buildings were damaged. The Iraqi army killed eight armed men who tried to launch an attack near the base. They tried to infiltrate the base and launch a suicide bombing attack.

Later, another spokesman of the US Department of Defense said that all eight attackers were killed by Iraqi forces at or inside a gate leading to the base. The US military sent unmanned reconnaissance aircraft and several attack helicopters, but did not fire. The US troops in the base also did not participate in the battle. They were far away from the attack site.

On the 13th, Farr Essawi, a local official, announced that Iraqi security forces and tribal forces had worked together to repel the "large-scale offensive" launched by the "Islamic State" against Baghdadi Town, thus "completely controlling" the town. The Iraqi military official said that there were still firefights in the police station area of the town. Hui Xiaoshuang