Iraq Shiite militias head for Ramadi after IS takeover
Shiite militias converged on Ramadi Monday to try to recapture it from jihadists who dealt the Iraqi government a stinging blow by overrunning the city in a deadly three-day blitz./ The loss of the capital of Iraq's largest province was Baghdad's worst military setback since it started clawing back territory from the Islamic State (IS) group late last year. Washington, which had made Anbar -- of which Ramadi is the capital -- a cornerstone of its assistance to Baghdad against IS, admitted to a "setback". Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi had ...
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