The Iraqi Army continues its campaign against ISIL in the province of Anbar.

The Iraqi Army continues its campaign against ISIL in the province of Anbar.

Bobaly, an area between Fallujah and Ramadi, witnessed fierce clashes as tanks where used by the Iraqi army after it had started a huge campaign against the militants there.

Senior officers in the Iraqi army asserted that the military strikes against ISIL terrorists have been very influential as they damages over 60 %  of the group's military power.

Sahwa groups have also been chasing ISIL militants in the province of Anbar.

In Baghdad, a suicide bomber killed 23 Iraqi army recruits and wounded 36 on Thursday, officials said.

Brigadier General Saad Maan, spokesman for the Baghdad Security Operations Centre which coordinates among military, police and other security organizations, said the bomber had blown himself up among the recruits at the small Muthanna airfield, used by the army in the Iraqi capital.

Maan put the death toll at 22 but health ministry officials said morgue records showed 23 had been killed.