Iraqi forces trying to take over the city of Ramadi, a stronghold of the ISIS

#ISIS #ramadi #Baghdad #suicidebomber The city of Ramadi, located 90-Km from Baghdad, had fallen to ISIS in May in an embarrassing defeat for the Iraqi army and the Iraqi government forces are now trying to retake it. The forces are advancing into the center of the city which is under control of the jihadist group Islamic State (IS).
This has been reported in bbc.com 22 December 2015.

As per information, troops and allied tribesmen, backed by air strikes, had already retaken two districts, and entered two others and are believed to be heading towards the main government complex. They had to face snipers and suicide bombers.
The strategy worked. Last month, government forces completed their encirclement of the predominantly Sunni Arab city and cut off the militants inside the center from their strongholds elsewhere in Anbar province and in neighboring Syria. Moreover, engineers had built temporary bridges over the River Euphrates, which flows along the north and west of the city center and that helped the troops to enter directly into the al-Haouz district, south-west of the government complex.
The counter-terrorism forces did not face any strong resistance except snipers and suicide bombers and that was expected.

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