Alwaght-Iraqi forces have taken control of the government complex in the center of Ramadi – the last stronghold of ISIS terrorist group in the western city, a military spokesman has confirmed.
"By controlling the complex this means that they [ISIS terrorist group] have been defeated in Ramadi," Sabah al-Numani, a spokesman for the Iraqi counter-terrorism units leading the battle has said.
Al-Numani stressed the complex is under full control of the Iraqi forces with “no presence whatsoever ISIS terrorists” adding that some militants could still be hiding in “pockets that could exist here or there in the city.”
A major clearing effort is still needed to allow Iraqi troops to move freely around the city as ISIS had filled the area with bombs and booby-traps. The necessity of a clear-up operation prevented the Iraqi government and the military from declaring a victory immediately, although some people in a number of cities were already celebrating.
“The forces of anti-terrorist units are working day and night on the disposal of improvised explosive devices and car bombs left by ISIL militants in central Ramadi, who have escaped in the direction of Al-Khaldiya,” Lieutenant-General Abdul-Ghani Asadi told Sputnik.
An official announcement of victory in Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, is expected to be made by the Iraqi government once counter-terrorist units dispose of explosives in the area.
Meanwhile Khalidiya Council in Anbar Province announced, that all elements of ISIS terrorist group had withdrawn from the center of Ramadi to the eastern areas of the city adding that the Takfiri group had taken hundreds of civilians as hostages and human shields.
The head of Khalidiya Council Ali Dawood said in a statement received by IraqiNews.com, “The intelligence information revealed that all ISIS elements had escaped from the center of Ramadi areas to Khalidiya Island east of the city, along with hundreds of civilian hostages,” pointing out that, “The cells of ISIS terrorist were completely collapsed during the cleansing battles.”
Iraqi television showed images of a victorious procession of tanks and Humvees moving along Ramadi’s rubble-strewn streets, the national flag fluttering on key buildings.
Ramadi, the capital of the Anbar province, was captured by ISIS terrorists in May – the last significant military achievement of the foreign-backed Takfiri terrorist group.
ISIS terrorists took full control of Ramadi despite the fact that Ain al-Asad air base hosting US fighter jets was very close to city. The US military forces took no action to stop the ISIS terrorists fighting to take over the central Iraqi city.
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Ansarullah
A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite
represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
Resistance
Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council
A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban
Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
Wahhabism & Extremism
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Kurds
Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
Islamic Awakening
Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
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