RAMADI, Iraq, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi security forces foiled five suicide attacks by Islamic State (IS) militants Wednesday against a military base in Iraq's Anbar, killing three soldiers and wounding eight others, a provincial security source said.
The attack occurred early in the morning when IS militants detonated five suicide car bombs against the base in the town of Rutba, 370 km west of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
The troops opened fire against the attackers and detonated four car bombs before reaching their targets, but the fifth suicide bomber managed to approach the entrance of the base and detonated his car bomb, killing three soldiers and wounding eight others, along with the five suicide bombers, the source said.
Rutba, which is located on the Baghdad-Amman international road, was taken over by IS in 2014, and recaptured by security forces in mid-May 2016.
Iraqi security forces and allied paramilitary units have been battling IS militants for months to regain control of territories in northern and western Iraq seized by the IS since June 2014.
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GWANGJU Travis Frederick Cowboys Jersey , South Korea, July 7 (Xinhua) -- China captured gold medals in diving, swimming and gymnastics on Tuesday at the Gwangju Universiade, while South Korea dominated the archery competition.
Wang AnqiWang Yao brought the fifth diving gold for China as they claimed the gold medal in the men's 10-meter platform synchro.
The newly paired Chinese collected 467.00 points from six solid dives to win the gold, while Kim Jin-yongKim Yeong-nam of South Korea surpassed Egor GalperinIgor Mialin of Russia in the last dive to clinch the silver with 402.96 points.
""There were only five pairs in the final today and I made a mistake in the fourth dive. I'm lucky it didn't affect our ranking Zack Martin Cowboys Jersey ,"" said Wang Anqi.
""I competed abroad before, but I think the Universiade is the happiest experience I have ever had,"" he added. ""I paired up with Wang Yao for only one month. We didn't do good synchronization today.""
China's Cen Yu, ranked first in qualification, won the men's vault out of two routines of 15.333 and 15.433 points respectively in gymnastics competition.
Zhang Sishi added the second swimming gold for China after winning the women's 200m individual medley in two minutes and 12.31 seconds Tyron Smith Cowboys Jersey , beating Cox Madisyn of the United States to the second place in 2:12:17.
""I am really excited to win this gold. Winning a gold in the intentional field is not an easy thing. I hope I can win more (golds) in the future,"" said Zhang, who won the national championship in 2014.
The United States took three swimming gold medals out of seven in total after winning the women's 400m freestyle, the men's 200m breaststroke and the women's 4x200m freestyle relay.
In the men's 50m backstroke, Japanese Hasegawa Junya touched home first in 25.25 Demarcus Lawrence Cowboys Jersey , followed by Pizzamiglio Stef of Italy in 25.43.
Masse Kylie Jacq won Canada a gold after taking the title of the women's 100m backstroke in 59.97.
Koptelov Evgeny of Russia crowned in the men's 200m butterfly in 1:54.79. Team USA set a Universiade record in 7:53.88 to win the gold of the women's 4x200m freestyle relay.
South Korea, won four archery gold medals out of five on offer and Kim Jongho claimed three titles on his credit