ISIS steps up assault on Iraq's Ramadi

Islamic State (ISIS) has stepped up its assault on the western Iraqi city of Ramadi, launching a series of suicide bomb attacks on a government compound.

Anbar provincial council member Athal al-Fahdawi told the BBC the compound was within range of ISIS weapons and that it and the city were "in great danger".

Military reinforcements sent to Ramadi were not sufficient to repel the jihadists' attacks, he warned.

Earlier this month government forces dealt a major blow to ISIS by recapturing the city of Tikrit. Iraq has  said it would follow the victory with campaigns in Anbar province, much of which has been controlled by IS since early 2014. But ISIS responded by launching its own offensives on Ramadi and the Baiji refinery.