Iraq says that its forces have completely retaken areas surrounding Ramadi from the Islamic State group and reopened the road linking the city to Baghdad.
Iraq announced in late December the recapture of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province west of Baghdad, but daily fighting with IS jihadists continued for over a month on the city’s eastern outskirts.
Iraqi forces “were able to liberate areas east of Ramadi,” including Sichariya, Juwaiba and Husaiba, the joint operations command says in a statement.
With the latest advances, Ramadi and all its surrounding areas have been retaken from IS, the statement says.
Iraqi forces “were also able to open the Ramadi-Baghdad road passing through Khaldiyah,” it says, referring to a government-held area along the route.
— AFP
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