At least nine people were killed and 22 injured in shelling in Fallujah and Ramadi cities in Iraq. Several neighbourhoods in Fallujah city were pounded by artillery fire on Friday night and yesterday morning. A hospital in the city received eight bodies and 16 injured people, including women and children, a source from the city hospital said.

Empty bullets lie on the ground following fighting between Islamist jihadists and Iraqi special forces in the Iraqi city of Ramadi. Pic/AFP