From Our Own Correspondent: Retaking Ramadi
Thomas Fessy reports on what Iraq's state forces found after driving Islamic State out of Ramadi - and the risks which still lurk there
A special essay from 麻豆社 correspondent Thomas Fessy on the process of driving so-called Islamic State fighters out of one central Iraqi city - and the risks which still lurk there. Retaking Ramadi might strengthen the self-esteem of Iraq's armed forces (who abandoned it last year), but at what cost? And could this advance really be scaled up and re-run in other areas of the state?
Photo: Members of Iraq's counter-terrorism service flash the victory sign on December 29, 2015 in the city of Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's Anbar province, after Iraqi forces recaptured it from the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
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