Dozens of militants — believed to be ISIS members — attacked several Iraqi security posts and checkpoints in western Iraq’s Anbar province on Tuesday morning, leaving at least 11 people dead and 18 others wounded, security officials in Iraq said.
The attack, involving a suicide bomber, rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns, happened in the town of Jubbat al Shamiya, about 150 miles (240 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, security officials in the Anbar city of Ramadi said.
Most of those killed and wounded in the attacks were Iraqi security force and local Awakening Council members, the officials said.
Awakening Councils,also known as the Sons of Iraq and Sahawat, are made up of Sunni Muslim fighters who turned against al Qaeda and have been active in Iraq since 2006. A few years ago, the councils were credited as being a major factor in a drop in violence across Iraq, but council members have also become targets for jihadists.