Iraqi forces closed in on the "Islamic State" (ISIS) terrorist group's last redoubts in central Ramadi Wednesday to retake the city they lost
in May and further shrink the jihadists' "caliphate".
A day after punching deep into the city center, forces led by the elite counter-terrorism service (CTS) inched towards the governmental compound in Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's vast Anbar province.
"The anti-terrorism troops are now poised to break into the Hoz area where the governmental compound is located," a brigadier general in the force told AFP.