Ramadi
Islamic State losing more ground in Iraq
One major worry, not enough money is being committed to rebuild the devastated provincial capital of Ramadi.
Families waved white flags as they emerged from homes reduced to rubble as troops battle IS fighters.
Ramadi was the only city to have fallen under Islamic State control since Abadi took office in September 2014.
Iraqi forces flew the national flag above the main government complex in Ramadi earlier in the day.
The capture of Ramadi deprives Islamic State militants of their biggest prize of 2015.
The Iraqi government forces are backed by air support from an international coalition led by the US.
The Iraq is scrambling to reverse the fall of Ramadi, its biggest military setback in nearly a year.
Iraqi security forces and Shi'ite paramilitaries are preparing to to retake the Iraqi city.
Iraq’s govt launched a counter-offensive on Saturday, a week after losing Ramadi.
Ramadi fell to the militants on Sunday in the most significant setback for security forces in nearly a year.
ISIS is seeking to consolidate its gains in the vast desert province of Anbar.
After Ramadi fell on Sunday, Shi’ite militiamen allied to the Iraqi army had advanced to a nearby base.
The capture of the western Iraqi city is the biggest defeat for the Baghdad government since last summer.
Suspected Sunni Muslim militants ambush 10 Sunni policemen in Ramadi and kill eight others.