(VOVworld) – Scores of people were killed and wounded in suicide bombings and clashes between the Iraqi soldiers and IS militants in Anbar province on Saturday. A suicide bomber blew himself up in Hashd Shaabi, eastern Fallujah province, killing 6 security officials and injuring 9 others.

An Iraqi army tank, purchased from the U.S. patrols in an eastern suburb of Ramadi, Anbar province, Iraq. (photo: AP)

Fierce clashes occurred between Iraqi soldiers and IS militants in Hiseibah al-Sharqiyah town. 5 IS militants were killed and their vehicles were destroyed. Iraq's government forces and allied Sunni and Shiite militiamen have been battling IS militants in Anbar for months but have only made modest gains against the group in the vast province that stretches west of Baghdad.