8 months in, clashes in Anbar continue
Houses and shops have been completely destroyed in Anbar as a result of the clashes between the Iraqi army and members of armed factions.
It is hard to assess the losses to the infrastructure in Anbar province as a result of the ongoing clashes that started in December 2013 between the Iraqi army on the one hand and the forces of the Islamic State (IS) and some armed tribal groups on the other.
Throughout the conflict, which has not subsided over the last eight months, both parties have been using mortar shells randomly and indiscriminately, which led to the destruction and demolition of houses.
Hamed al-Dulaimi, who fled from Fallujah to Baghdad, described the barrage of mortars falling like “rain” on the city of Fallujah.
Dulaimi's house in the region of Jubail had been shelled and destroyed, which forced him and his family to leave the city and flee to relatives in Baghdad.
