Sunni militants seize more Iraqi cities near Syrian border
 

Baghdad, June 22 (IANS) Iraqi security forces Sunday clashed with Sunni militant groups in several provinces, while insurgents made significant progress in the country's western province of Anbar, a security source said. In Anbar, a Sunni heartland, the security forces deserted three cities after Sunni gunmen captured a fourth strategic city near the border with Syria, Xinhua reported. Sunni militants seized the city of Rawa, 275 km **rthwest of the Iraqi capital, occupying police stations in the city and government ******s without resistance late Saturday, the source told Xinhua. Later Saturday night, Sunni gunmen, including those who are linked to the Islamic State in Iraq and Levant (ISIL), an Al Qaeda offshoot, took control of the city of Rutba, 370 km west of Baghdad, the source said.

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