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Iraqi Forces Seize Compound in Ramadi, Declaring Major Victory Over ISIS
Iraqi forces seized a former government compound in Ramadi, claiming a key victory in their battle to recapture the city from ISIS.

Iraqi military forces advance towards central Ramadi on Dec. 25. The soldiers were consolidating their positions on Friday ahead of a planned final assault to capture the city.

A soldier with Iraq's counter-terrorism forces monitors his surroundings in Ramadi's Dhubbat neighborhood on Dec. 25. Elite forces from the counter-terrorism service (CTS) faced limited resistance when they punched into central Ramadi in a final push to retake the city that they lost to ISIS in May.

Smoke rises following a U.S.-led coalition airstrike as Iraqi military forces move towards downtown Ramadi, 70 miles west of Baghdad, on Dec. 25.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the U.S.-led coalition has conducted at least 32 airstrikes in Ramadi in the past week.





Iraqi soldiers try to enter a building in the el-Hoz neighborhood on Dec. 27.
A senior U.S. military official told NBC News that "Iraqi forces may still face heavy fighting within the next few days."





