Ramadi, the capital of the Anbar province, was seized by IS militants in May after about a week of fighting with the governmental forces. The Islamic State group has declared a self-styled caliphate on the territory under its control.
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Iraqi troops had encircled the city last month, but progress was slow.
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Earlier this year, Iraq’s military managed to retake Baiji, Sinjar and Tikrit.
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Al-Mahlawi confirm nor deny the many media reporting IS fighters had pulled out of the central government complex as night fell, but he quoted area residents telling his fighters IS militants had withdrawn from the adjacent neighborhood of Albu Alwan.
“The complex is under our complete control, there is no presence whatsoever of Daesh fighters in the complex”, Sabah al-Numan said on Sunday, adding, the entire perimeter must first be cleared of booby traps and mines before forces could move in.
After overrunning Ramadi, IS fighters demolished all the bridges around the city.
The provincial governor’s spokesman said there are still “pockets of resistance” in parts of the city, but they are “very weak”. Soldiers could be seen slaughtering sheep in celebration near heavily damaged buildings.
“Today’s success is a proud moment for Iraq”, Warren’s statement said. But medical sources in Baghdad told the French news agency that more than 90 Iraqi troops were wounded and hospitalized on Sunday alone.
“We are unable to confirm at this time whether or not they have cleared the government center”, a United States military official told Reuters, on condition of anonymity.
APPHOTO BAG108: An Iraqi flag waves over the government complex in central Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Dec. 28, 2015.
Militants took over Ramadi in May.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry congratulated Iraqi forces for “displaying tremendous perseverance and courage”.
After Ramadi, the government’s next major target will be the northern city of Mosul, the most densely populated area under ISIS control. They retook the oil refining town of Beiji in October and in November, Iraqi Kurdish forces drove the Sunni Muslim extremist group out of the strategic city of Sinjar.
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Ramadi also has symbolic significance.
