Anbar Council denies 50 soldiers being killed in coalition strike
Sabah Karhoot
Al-Anbar (IraqiNews.com) On Thursday, Anbar Provincial Council denied, that the international coalition conducted an air strike on a headquarters for the army in the area of Albu Ziyab, located in northern Ramadi.
The president of the council, Sabah Karhoot, stated for IraqiNews.com: “The international coalition did not carry out strikes in the area of Albu Ziyab in northern Ramadi,” pointing out that, “Elements of the ISIS group are those who conducted that terrorist attack using 300 high explosive bombs.”
Karhoot has called for an investigation to be opened about the incident.
Earlier today, MP Hanan al-Fatlawi claimed that an indiscriminate shelling by the international coalition warplanes had left 50 soldiers dead and dozens of others wounded in Anbar province.
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