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| Iraqi troops during the military operation in the Province of Anbar (Image: Times of Israel) |
Reuters -BAGHDAD: Iraq's army chief was quoted on Wednesday as saying he needed only
days to drive Islamic State from Ramadi, the city whose fall in May exposed the
weakness of the Baghdad government and dampened hopes of restoring control in
the north and west.
Iraqi troops
began advancing on Tuesday in an offensive complicated by rivalries and
suspicions harbored by local Sunni tribes and by Shi'ite militia backed by
Iran. U.S. officials, concerned also by militant operations over the border in
Syria, have expressed frustration at delays in seizing back the city.
