Terrorists Monday assaulted the final area of the Iraqi town of Dhuluiyah, just 80 kilometers north of Baghdad, after tribesmen rejected an offer to let them enter uncontested

Terrorists Monday assaulted the final area of the Iraqi town of Dhuluiyah, just 80 kilometers north of Baghdad, after tribesmen rejected an offer to let them enter uncontested as Iraqi forces have killed more than 150 Takfiri militants in recent operations across Iraq.

ISIL terrorists negotiated with tribesmen in Al-Jubur, a lone area of the town still holding out, but the tribesmen rejected the offer, and insurgents Monday launched a renewed assault on the area in southern Dhuluiyah, local official Marwan Mitaab said. A resident also said the fighting was ongoing and that Al-Jubur was the last area that has yet to fall, according to AFP.

A senior police officer confirmed there had been negotiations with the militants, and added that people were fleeing across the Tigris river in boats.

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This came as Iraqi troops have killed ISIL terrorists in Anbar, Salahuddin, Diyala and Babil provinces on Sunday as part of their operations to clear more areas of the militants.

In Anbar, government forces repelled terrorists’ offensive to seize the city of Haditha, which is some 200 kilometers west of Baghdad, and a dam on the nearby Euphrates River. A number of militants as well as soldiers were killed in the fighting.

Iraqi troops also clashed with ISIL militants in the city of Tikrit in Salahuddin Province, killing dozens of them and destroying 30 vehicles belonging to them.

A cousin of ISIL’s leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and a senior leader in the militant group, was also reportedly among those killed in Diyala.

In Babil Province, Iraqi soldiers backed by helicopters and planes continued to clear Jurf al-Sakhar area from Takfiri militants.