Shiite militias helping Iraq repel extremists’ advance

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has called for Iranian-backed Shiite militiamen to help drive Islamic State extremists from Ramadi, the capital of Iraq’s vast Sunni-dominated Anbar province
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TURKEY

SYRIA

Detail area

IRAQ

IRAN

300km 200 miles

Lake Tharthar

Ramadi: Captured by IS on May 17

May 19, Husaiba: Pro-government forces thwart IS attack

ANBAR PROVINCE

Habbaniya: 3,000 Shia militia mobilising to retake Ramadi

Lake Habbaniya

Fallujah

Amiriyat al-Fallujah

Karma

Abu Ghraib

River Tigris

BAGHDAD

River Euphrates

20km 12.5 miles

Cities controlled by IS militants
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Sources: BBC, wire agencies

Picture: Google Earth

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