The building collapsed, injuring six foreigners and five members of the security forces. Earlier in the day, security forces fatally shot a wanted man at a suspected Islamist militant hideout in Mecca’s al-Aseelah neighborhood. The ministry said a third cell had been broken up in the Red Sea city of Jiddah, but gave no further details. U.S.-trained urban warfare units are leading the fight in the maze of narrow alleyways of the Old City, the last district in the hands of the Sunni Islamist insurgents. About 7,000 civilians were brought out of the Old City during the day, the Iraqi state news website said.

Source: Washington Post June 23, 2017 23:48 UTC