BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Suspected Islamic State Militants launched coordinated attacks on Friday around the western Iraqi city of Ramadi, overrunning a village to the east and clashing with tribal fighters to the west, a local official and a tribal leader said. Ramadi, about 90 km (55 miles) west of Baghdad, is located in the Sunni Muslim Anbar province which is a stronghold of the Islamic State forces who have captured much of **rthern and western Iraq. The city center remains under the control of Iraqi government forces but outlying neighborhoods have been seized by the radical Islamist ...
11-22-2014, 12:40 AM
Militants launch attacks around Iraq's western Ramadi city
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