Q&A: The IS group captures Iraq's Ramadi
Nearly a year after sweeping across northern and western Iraq, the Islamic State group this weekend seized Ramadi, capital of the western Anbar province, routing Iraqi forces despite heavy U.S.-led airstrikes./ Ramadi is the first major city to fall to the extremist group since last summer, and the takeover came after months of steady progress by Iraqi troops, Kurdish forces and Shiite militias elsewhere in the country. Here is a look at what the capture of Ramadi means for Iraq and U.S.-backed efforts to roll back the extremist group, ...
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