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Basra, Feb 21- Iraqi army troops clashed with armed groups in the early hours on Thursday throughout Basra, leaving unspecified number of casualties, a police source said.

“Fierce clashes flared up between Iraqi soldiers and armed groups throughout Basra, mainly in Hussein and al-Jamaayat neighborhoods in western Basra,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq (VOI) on condition of anonymity.

“The clashes started from 2 am until 7 am,” he pointed out.

“The gunmen used different kinds of weapons; mortar shells, hand grenades, RPG,” he added, noting that the confrontations left unspecified number of casualties.

Basra lies 590 km south of Baghdad.

(VOI)