Report: Iraqi Army Liberates Ramadi City from ISIL Control

The Iraqi army backed by the popular forces liberated the city of Ramadi in the Central parts of the country on Saturday.
The Iraqi troops freed the city after inflicting major losses on the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) Takfiri terrorists, Al-Ahd news website reported.

Reports also said that tens of ISIL militants have been killed during the clashes.

Ramadi is a city in Central Iraq, about 110 kilometers West of Baghdad. It is the capital of Al Anbar Governorate. The city extends more than 60 kilometers along the Euphrates and is the largest city in Al-Anbar.

Earlier today, the Iraqi army backed by the popular forces regained control of the Yasreb region in the Northern Salahuddin province.

The government troops pushed back the ISIL terrorists from Yasreb region in Al-Balad township in Salahuddin province on Saturday.

Al-Balad town with a population of 35,000 is located 85 kilometers to the North of Baghdad.

Yasreb is located between Samarra in the North and Al-Dakhil in the South.

On Friday, a provincial security source said that the army forces, backed by the Shiite and Sunni tribesmen, launched an operation to clean the areas near the towns of Duluiyah, some 90 km North of Baghdad, and the nearby Balad and Mu’tasim from the ISIL militants.

The troops pushed back the ISIL terrorists from the orchards in Albu-Hishma in West of Dhuluiyah, while the Iraqi warplanes and helicopter gunships carried out many airstrikes against the ISIL militants and their vehicles, the source added.

Some parts of Iraq are engaged in a militant war launched by the ISIL terrorists and their western and regional supporters.

The country’s army and popular forces have, in a series of operations, started massive attacks against terrorists to liberate occupied areas, mainly Tikrit and Mosul.

The ISIL Takfiri terrorists currently control shrinking swathes of Syria and Iraq. They have threatened all communities, including Shiites, Sunnis, Kurds, Christians, Ezadi Kurds and others, as they continue their atrocities in Iraq.

Senior Iraqi officials have blamed Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and some Persian Gulf Arab states for the growing terrorism in their country.

The ISIL has links with Saudi intelligence and is believed to be indirectly supported by the Israeli regime.