Last Updated on December 23, 2015 7:30 pm by INDIAN AWAAZ

At least 22 people including several children were killed in fresh wave of violence in different areas in Iraq. At least 14 Iraqi soldiers were killed and 17 others injured in a suicide car attack when Iraq’s armed forces started an operation to dislodge the Islamic State group from Ramadi.

In a separate incident, at least 8 civilians, including several children, were killed in a series of airstrikes on a residential area north of Ramadi.