Isis launches huge counter-attack in key stronghold city of Ramadi days after it was ‘liberated’

An unidentified source toldthe  Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency the extremist group sent six “suicide vehicles” followed by fighters wearing explosive belts to an Iraqi compound in north Ramadi on Friday.

 

According to AFP, the fighters managed to take control of the base “when the army had to pull out because it suffered casualties” but Iraqi forces have since re-taken control, backed by an aerial coalition.

 

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