BAGHDAD, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi security forces on Monday repelled two attacks by Islamic State (IS) militants targeting a town and an oilfield in the provinces of Anbar and Salahudin respectively, provincial security sources said.
In the western province of Anbar, security forces and allied Sunni tribal units fought back an IS attack on the town of Rutba, some 370 km west of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, a provincial source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
Rutba, on the Baghdad-Amman international road, taken by the IS in 2014, was recaptured but the security forces on May 16.
The attack began in the early morning, when dozens of IS militants with two suicide car bombs and three suicide bombers wearing explosive vests attacked the town from four directions.
They were repelled by the troops, leaving at least nine militants killed, in addition to the three suicide bombers.
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