BAGHDAD, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi honored on Sunday a security member for his bravery in thwarting a suicide car bomb attack in Iraq's western province of Anbar, the Iraqi military said.
"Al-Kadhimi ordered the promotion of Hamid Shuaib Abdullah to a higher military rank and a financial reward for his courage in confronting the car bomb that a suicide terrorist was driving in the city of Ramadi," a statement by the media office of Iraqi Joint Operations Command (JOC) said.
Earlier in the day, the JOC said in a statement that a suicide bomber detonated his car bomb in Ramadi, some 160 km west of Baghdad, after the security forces opened fire on him without causing human casualties.
However, a provincial security source anonymously told Xinhua that the huge blast killed the suicide bomber and wounded five civilians at the scene.
Over the past few months, the Islamic State (IS) militants have intensified attacks on the Iraqi security forces in the provinces the group previously controlled, leaving dozens dead and wounded.
The security situation in Iraq has been improving since the Iraqi forces defeated IS in 2017. However, the IS remnants have since melted into urban centers, deserts, and rugged areas, carrying out frequent guerilla attacks against the security forces and civilians. Enditem
