Iraqi Forces, Islamic State Group Battle in Ramadi
Baghdad: Iraqi officials say the country's military has launched a major operation to retake a section of the city of Ramadi after Islamic State group militants seized it.
An official with the Anbar provincial council says the Iraqi military, backed by local tribesmen, are pushing into the neighborhood of Sijariya in eastern Ramadi after the militants said they captured it Friday.
The official said there was intense fighting today with mortars being fired by both sides. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief journalists.
Eyewitnesses there, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals, corroborated his account.
Earlier this month, an American advisory mission visited Anbar's al-Asad air base, searching for potential training locations for fighters battling the Islamic State group, which holds a third of both Iraq and Syria in its self-proclaimed caliphate. The move is part of a U.S. plan to train Iraqi forces and Sunni tribesmen, reminiscent of the Sunni Awakening movement that confronted al-Qaeda in Iraq starting in 2006.
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An official with the Anbar provincial council says the Iraqi military, backed by local tribesmen, are pushing into the neighborhood of Sijariya in eastern Ramadi after the militants said they captured it Friday.
The official said there was intense fighting today with mortars being fired by both sides. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief journalists.
Eyewitnesses there, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals, corroborated his account.
Earlier this month, an American advisory mission visited Anbar's al-Asad air base, searching for potential training locations for fighters battling the Islamic State group, which holds a third of both Iraq and Syria in its self-proclaimed caliphate. The move is part of a U.S. plan to train Iraqi forces and Sunni tribesmen, reminiscent of the Sunni Awakening movement that confronted al-Qaeda in Iraq starting in 2006.
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