World Bulletin / News Desk

The Iraqi army shelled several residential areas in the western city of Fallujah on Thursday, a tribal leader told Anadolu Agency.

Ten people were injured in the shelling, including three children and two women, Mohamed al-Begari said.

The shelling wreaked havoc on several homes in the city, he added.

The predominantly-Sunni Anbar province, of which Fallujah is a major city, has been rocked by violence since Iraqi security forces dismantled a months-old anti-government sit-in outside the provincial capital Ramadi in late December.

Dozens of people have been killed and hundreds injured in Ramadi and Fallujah since the violence began.