Islamic State (IS) has stepped up its assault on the western Iraqi city of Ramadi, launching a series of suicide bomb attacks, official say.
Anbar provincial council member Athal al-Fahdawi said the government compound was within range of IS weapons and that it and the city were "in great danger".
Hundreds of people have fled the escalating violence in Ramadi and the surrounding area in the past week.
On Wednesday, IS captured three villages on the outskirts of the city.
Nine people are reported to have been summarily killed by militants in one of the villages, Albu Ghanim, after security forces withdrew. The Kurdish website Rudaw said four of the victims were police officers.
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