Tag: Ramadi
In IS stronghold, residents trapped in “sealed casket” as Iraqi forces...
As Iraqi forces close in on the western city of Ramadi, thousands of civilians are effectively being held hostage inside by Islamic...
Islamic State settles into Ramadi, but the lull unlikely to last
The blind man with just one hand arrived at the main mosque in the centre of the Iraqi city of Ramadi at...
Insight – Islamic State expands its ‘state’
Almost a year after Islamic State's shock capture of Mosul, Iraq's second city, the black flags of the jihadis have been raised...
Islamic State tightens grip on captured Iraqi city
Islamic State fighters who overran Ramadi in a major defeat for the Iraqi government and its Western backers tightened their grip on...
Islamic State claims full control of Iraq’s Ramadi
Islamic State militants claimed full control of the western Iraqi city of Ramadi on Sunday in the biggest defeat for the Baghdad...
