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Soldiers wave the Iraqi flag at the central complex in Ramadi

Iraqi PM says his forces will defeat IS in 2016

A triumphant Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has declared the coming year will see his forces defeat the so-called Islamic State group, after his military achieved its first major victory since collapsing in the face of the fighters 18 months ago.

News • 28 Dec 15

An Iraqi figher watches smoke rising in Ramadi

Iraqi forces retake IS stronghold in Ramadi

Iraqi forces have taken control of the government complex in central Ramadi, the last stronghold of the so-called Islamic State in the western city, according to a military spokesman.

News • 27 Dec 15

Residents of Ramadi claim IS has started showing videos of their military operations in Iraq as well as confessions by captured soldiers

IS militants showing conflict on giant TV screens

Self-styled Islamic State militants have set up giant television screens in the Iraqi city of Ramadi and are using them to proclaim they will seize more Iraqi territory, after capturing the provincial capital last month.

News • 15 Jun 15

Families who fled the city of Ramadi after it was seized by IS group militants, queue to receive aid at a camp in Amiriyat al-Fallujah

US coalition hits IS targets near Ramadi

The United States and its allies have staged 22 air strikes on Islamic State targets since Friday, including four near Ramadi, the city taken by the militants this week, the US military said today.

News • 23 May 15

Residents flee from Ramadi as IS forces take hold of the capital of Iraq's western Anbar province

US leads airstrikes against IS near Ramadi

The US-led coalition against the self-styled Islamic State has conducted 19 air strikes in the vicinity of the Iraqi city of Ramadi over the past 72 hours.

News • 18 May 15

The so-called Islamic State group say they have seized the city of Ramadi

Islamic State militants seize Iraqi city of Ramadi

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has ordered government forces to "hold their positions" in Ramadi, which has been seized by the so-called Islamic State group.

News • 18 May 15

Car bomb kills 12 in Iraq

A car bomb has killed 12 people and wounded at least 20 others in the Iraqi city of Ramadi.

News • 31 Aug 13

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