Iraqi Army Restores Ramadi Surroundings, Opens Road to Baghdad

Local Editor

Iraq said Tuesday that its forces have completely retaken areas surrounding Ramadi from "ISIS" terrorist group and reopened the road linking the city to Baghdad.

Earlier in December, Iraq announced the recapture of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province west of Baghdad, but daily fighting with "ISIS" terrorists continued for over a month on the city's eastern outskirts.

Relatively, the joint operations command said in a statement that Iraqi forces "were able to liberate areas east of Ramadi," including Sichariya, Juwaiba and Husaiba.

"With the latest advances, Ramadi and all its surrounding areas have been retaken from the terrorist organization," the statement added.

In addition, the statement mentioned that Iraqi forces "were also able to open the Ramadi-Baghdad road passing through Khaldiyah," referring to a government-held area along the route.

Meanwhile, the group still holds Fallujah, east of Ramadi, and Mosul, Iraq's second city located in the north.

In parallel, Iraq is deploying thousands of soldiers to an area southeast of Mosul for operations aimed at cutting supply lines linking it with areas farther south, which will set the stage for direct efforts to retake the city.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team