Iraqi military officials say Sunni tribal fighters are helping hold territory in Ramadi after the army largely pushed Islamic State militants out of the key city west of Baghdad.
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US Army Captain Chance McCraw, a coalition intelligence officer, said: “Within what we call central Ramadi, they estimate still up to 400 Daesh members, and then, once you go east of that towards Falluja, you’ve got about 300 out there in that direction”.
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Abadi travelled in a convoy of Humvees and met soldiers at the main government complex captured by counter-terrorism forces on Monday, where he planted the Iraqi flag, Reuters said.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi visited southern outskirts of the city a day it was liberated to receive briefing by security and provincial officials. Some militants have yet to be flush out, mostly on the eastern edge of the city.
Air strikes on IS’s leadership clarified recent battlefield triumphs against the group, which additionally lost control of a dam on a vital supply route close to its true capital of Raqqa in Syria on Saturday.
The woman said most of the ISIS fighters in Ramadi either fled or were killed as the army moved in.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon offered Wednesday to help Iraq restore basic services to Ramadi and allow refugees to quickly return to the city after it was recaptured from jihadists.
The objective of the mission is to train Iraqi Security Forces to be able to conduct combat operations at a trained level, according to the Defence Force’s website.
“Now will be a process of going block by block … clearing out booby traps and clearing out small pockets of resistance”, Warren told the Los Angeles Times.
In a message to Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, Zarif congratulated the Iraqi government and nation on the full liberation of the strategic city of Ramadi from the grips of Takfiri Daesh terrorist group. “They saved us”, the man said before breaking into tears.
Critically, the victory in the Sunni-dominated Anbar provincial capital was carried out without help from Shiite irregular militias, who had previously done much of the fighting but also stand accused of their own sectarian atrocities.
Ban described the recapture of Ramadi as “an important victory”, his office said in a statement.
There are concerns that Daesh snipers might attack Iraqi forces or returning civilians. Those reports could not be independently confirmed.
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“We were surprised when we left our home and drove outside the city, we only saw destroyed houses and roads”.
