Republican Sens. John McCain (Ariz.) and Lindsey Graham (S.C.) called Ramadi’s fall “a significant defeat,” while Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff (Calif.) called it a “serious setback.” ...

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Months after Ramadi was seized by ISIS fighters, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi traveled to the city that's now largely in government control and announced that Iraq's troops will liberate more ...

Standing in the entrance of her tent on a chilly winter night in the Iraqi desert, Nada Saleh describes the terrifying moment her family almost became part of ISIS’ last stand in Ramadi.

Some 500 civilians and soldiers died in the extremist killing spree since the final push for Ramadi began Friday, authorities said. As CBS News correspondent Clarissa Ward notes, Ramadi is the ...

BAGHDAD — The Islamic State seized control of the key Iraqi city of Ramadi on Sunday, the biggest victory for the extremists this year despite stepped-up U.S.-led airstrikes targeting the region ...

ISIS' seizure of Ramadi is a rude awakening for Iraqi, Western officials writes Tim Lister He says the defeat is a brutal reminder of the long slog ahead in the fight against the militants A new ...

BAGHDAD — Iraqi armed forces and militias have surrounded the provincial capital of Ramadi and are close to cutting off the Islamic State's supply lines in preparation for a counteroffensive to ...

The enemy was determined, and close. Ramadi in 2005 was one of the most dangerous places on Earth. Following the Second Battle of Fallujah, the capital city of Iraq’s Anbar province had swelled ...

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Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the House ... BAGHDAD – As it moves to try to reverse the stunning loss of Ramadi, the capital of Iraq’s largest Sunni province, the Shiite-led government ...

Iraqi government forces scored a major victory when they took control from ISIS of the central government complex in the city of Ramadi on Monday. But even as one Iraqi military spokesperson ...