ISIS Losing Its Grip on Key City of Ramadi

CBN News
12-28-2015

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ISIS fighters is losing control of Ramada, a strategic city about 80 miles west of Baghdad. ISIS captured the city in May of 2014.

Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool initially announced that Ramadi had been "grabbed from the hateful claws" of the Islamic State group and "fully liberated."

But Gen. Ismail al-Mahlawi, head of military operations in Anbar, said that government forces had retaken a strategic government complex but parts of the city still remain under ISIS control.

ISIS fighters have retreated from about 70 percent of the city but control the rest. Government forces also don't fully control many of the areas from which ISIS has retreated.

The Iraqi military launched a campaign to retake the city last week, following months of U.S. airstrikes.

ISIS militants have hampered their progress using snipers, booby traps, and by destroying all bridges leading into Ramadi.

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