Monday, December 28, 2015

Iraqi forces retake center of Ramadi

Military officials in Baghdad today said they had seized the local government complex in Ramadi after six days of fighting to retake it after a brutal seven-month occupation by the Islamic State extremist group.  Officials cautioned that sporadic fighting continued elsewhere in the city.  Control over Ramadi would allow Iraq to cut off supplies to Falluja and make it difficult for the militants to hold that city.