ISIS seizes control of key Iraqi city Ramadi, government forces pull back
May 18, 2015 10:15
The key Iraqi city of Ramadi fell to ISIS on Sunday after government security forces pulled out of a military base on the west side of the city, officials said.
The ISIS advances came after militants detonated a series of morning car bomb blasts, Mayor Dalaf al-Kubaisy and a high-ranking Iraqi security official said.
The explosions forced Iraqi security forces and tribal fighters to retreat to the city's east, they said.