In Ramadi, the smaller force of ISIL militants from the Islamic State have used the narrow streets to their advantage, channeling Iraqi forces into tight lanes that fit single vehicles and attacking them with homemade bombs, snipers and rocket-propelled grenades, Warren said.
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Iraqi authorities forces pressed on Wednesday. with their offensive to dislodge Islamic State militants from the key city of Ramadi as a wave of assaults across the country killed at the least 15 civilians, officers stated.
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G overnment forces are expected to push Islamic State (IS) militants out of Ramadi within days, Iraqi state TV said on Wednesday, citing army chief of staff Lieutenant General Othman al-Ghanemi.
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Iraqi commanders have said it is only a matter of time before the city falls, predicting its recapture by the end of the year – a win that would give Iraqi forces a much-needed boost of confidence.
On Saturday, Iraqi Defense Minister Khalid al-Obeidi said “Iraqi forces are close to free Ramadi” and pledged that “during the next days, Iraqi forces will free the IS-held territories in the provinces of Anbar, as well as Salahudin and Nineveh”.
But now Iraqi forces are set to retake the strategically important city Ramadi, which is located 90 kilometers west of Bagdad.
Government troops are now concentrating on the last district held by the militants in the centre of Ramadi, a Sunni Muslim city on the river Euphrates some 100 km west of Baghdad and capital of Anbar province.
Iraq’s army hopes to soon take full control of the key city of Ramadi from self-described Islamic State militants.
The slow pace of the Ramadi operation had triggered calls from some critics for a greater role for the Shiite-dominated Hashed Al-Shaabi paramilitary forces or even U.S. troops on the ground.
Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman yesterday said his government was striving to maintain Syria as a unified nation inclusive of all sects, according to the Twitter account of the Saudi Shura Council.
The drive to recapture Ramadi – involving Iraqi troops, police, militias, and USA air support – seems to be going well so far. News storiesdisplayed here appear in our category for worldwide and are licensed via a specific agreement between LongIsland.comand The Associated Press, the world’s oldest and largest news organization.
Colonel Steve Warren, a USA military spokesman in Baghdad, said between 250 and 350 IS fighters now remained in Ramadi, as well as several hundred on the northern and western outskirts. If captured, Ramadi would be the second major city after Tikrit to be retaken from ISIL. Citing a military statement, it said the armed forces had finished securing the Hay al-Dhubbat neighborhood that it seized on Tuesday.
Iraqi forces, including a mix of soldiers and policemen along with a contingent of Sunni tribal fighters, faced heavy fire and were assaulted by auto bombs, Iraqi officials said.
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Since overrunning Ramadi, Isis has destroyed all the bridges around the city. This city fell into ISIS’s hands in May and its capture has drawn criticism and questions on Iraq’s ability to protect its territory against the terror group – ISIS.
