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Iraqi Forces Surround Ramadi, but It Could Be a Long Siege
After months of sluggish progress, stalled advances, and outright failures, Iraqi troops and militias backed by U.S.-led airstrikes have surrounded the key city of Ramadi and appear poised to launch a new attempt to wrest it from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
New Kurdish Offensive Targets Islamic State Group
Kurdish forces, backed by U.S.-led airstrikes, launched a new offensive Wednesday targeting the Islamic State group in areas of Iraq that the extremists had captured this past summer.
