On Brink
of Capturing the City
AFP
quoting Iraqi officials reported today that on Sunday ISIL took the provincial
operations command center in Ramadi, putting the insurgents on the brink of
capturing the city.
AFP also
reported that an estimated 500 civilians and Iraqi troops have been killed in intense
fighting in Ramadi. ISIL used a wave of suicide car bombs Thursday and Friday
to take over most of the city. Ramadi Police Colonel Jabbar al-Assafi told AFP
that government forces have withdrawn from Ramadi city. “The
security forces – army and police – have pulled out of Ramadi. They headed to
the main highway west of the city,” al-Assafi said. (AFP, 17 May)
“Daesh
(ISIL) has just taken full control of all main security bases… Army and police
and all forces that were stationed at the Anbar operations center have pulled
out,” an army lieutenant colonel who was among the troops that pulled out of
command center told AFP.
Photo credit: Photo released by ISIL show a fighter near the grand mosque in central Ramadi (Twitter/@awaisafzich)
Photo credit: Photo released by ISIL show a fighter near the grand mosque in central Ramadi (Twitter/@awaisafzich)
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