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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 ...
RAMADI, Iraq " "Combat lifesaver training provides ... to the casualty collection point and a medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) request was prepared. Once the MEDEVAC was in route, the CLS team ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 — U.S.-backed Iraqi forces­ are struggling to make headway in their battle to retake the western city of Ramadi, highlighting shortcomings in Washington's strategy to counter Islamic ...
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.
Kimberly Kagan is president of the Institute for the Study of War. Frederick W. Kagan is director of the Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise Institute. The seizure of Ramadi on ...
The battle for the key Iraqi city of Ramadi has opened a window into the resilience of ISIS. It took months of daily onslaughts before Iraqi forces and the U.S.-led coalition were able to expel ...
The fall of the western city of Ramadi, once home to nearly half a million people, represents Islamic State’s biggest military victory this year, gaining it another major Iraqi city among the ...