13 killed in anti-IS strikes, bomb attacks across Iraq

At least 13 people were killed in Iraq on Thursday in bomb attacks and strikes by the U.S-led coalition against Islamic State (IS) militants, security source said.

In Anbar province, seven IS militants were killed and five others injured in air strikes by U.S.-led coalition warplanes against positions of the extremist militants near the town of al-Baghdadi, some 200 km northwest of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, a provincial security source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

In a separate incident, two Shiite militiamen were killed and four others wounded when a booby-trapped house was detonated during their search operation in a village south of Salahudin's provincial capital city Tikrit, some 170 km north of Baghdad, a provincial security source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

In Iraq's eastern province of Diyala, three IS militants were killed when a sticky bomb attached to their car was detonated in a militant-seized area of Hunbis, near the town of Maqdadiyah, some 100 km northeast of Baghdad, a provincial security source said.

Also in the province, a police officer was gunned down by unknown militants riding a four-wheel drive vehicle in Maqdadiyah, the source said.

The security situation in Iraq has drastically deteriorated since June 10, when clashes broke out between Iraqi security forces and Sunni militants. The latter later took control of the city of Mosul and seized territories in Nineveh and other Sunni provinces. Endit