Iraqi forces on Sunday captured a government complex in central Ramadi, a predominantly Sunni city, forcing the withdrawal of Isis fighters.
The complex has been an Isis stronghold and its fall to government forces comes weeks after soldiers encircled the site and marked a significant victory that could pave the way to the recapture of the city, analysts said.
State television broadcast footage of troops, Humvee vehicles and tanks advancing through Ramadi streets amid piles of rubble and collapsed houses. Some districts appeared to have been completely destroyed by the advance.
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