Shia militias move against IS-held Ramadi

Iran-backed Shia militias have reportedly been ordered to recapture the Iraqi city of Ramadi after fighters from the so-called Islamic State group completed their takeover of the Anbar provincial capital

Areas of Islamic State (IS) control as of April 2015

Towns / cities under full or partial IS control

Areas free of significant action against IS and which permit effective logistics and administrative support of IS forces

Areas under Kurdish administration

TURKEY

LEBANON

Aleppo

Kobane

Raqqa

Hasakah

Sinjar

Mosul

IRAN

Irbil

Kirkuk

Deir al Zawr

Qaim

Baiji

Tikrit

Damascus

SYRIA

JORDAN

SAUDI ARABIA

IRAQ

Haditha

ANBAR PROVINCE

Fallujah

Baghdad

100km
60 miles

May 17, Ramadi: IS claim to be in full control of city after government forces withdraw. Up to 500 people Ð civilians and Iraqi troops Ð reportedly killed by militants

Sources: Institute for the Study of War, wire agencies

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