[IMG]https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/OrDxN5nFkfBzy**8SVYSgw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en-AE_XE/News/AFPMideastEN/1872d12fd5f54d4c8780caf0e16153e1214e8853.jpg[/IMG]Shelling of the conflict-hit Iraqi city of
Fallujah killed 18 people and wounded a**ther 43 Tuesday, according to
doctor Ahmed Shami at the city hospital.
Fallujah has been out of government hands for months, with militants holding sway. Human Rights Watch also said last month that authorities have likely violated the laws of war by targeting
Fallujah hospital. The crisis in the desert province of Anbar, which borders Syria and of which
Fallujah is a part, began in late December when security forces dismantled a longstanding protest camp maintained by the province's mainly Sunni Arab population to vent grievances against the government.
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