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Islamic State gains control of most of key Iraqi city
May 15, 2015
Islamic State fighters took control of Ramadi, capital of Iraq's largest province Friday, police in the city said, in what appeared to be a significant blow to a US-backed military campaign to retake Iraqi territory from the extremist Sunni group.
By early afternoon, the militants had seized the government compound in downtown Ramadi, which is the capital of western Anbar province.