Abadi said troops, tribesmen and other elite forces "must hold their positions and preserve them and not allow Daesh (IS) to extend to other areas in Ramadi," spokesman Saad al-Hadithi said.
"There is continuous air cover that will help ground troops there hold their positions while waiting for support from other forces and the Popular Mobilisation Units," he said of an umbrella group for Shiite militias.
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Irak: le Premier ministre ordonne à ses troupes de lutter contre l'EI à Ramadi...
ReplyDeleteLe groupe djihadiste Etat islamique (EI) a affirmé dimanche avoir pris le contrôle total de la ville irakienne de Ramadi, à une centaine de kilomètres à l'ouest de Bagdad, un sévère revers pour les forces pro-gouvernementales. Le Premier ministre irakien Haider al-Abadi a aussitôt ordonné à ses troupes de "tenir leurs positions" face aux djihadistes du groupe Etat islamique.
M. Abadi a ordonné aux soldats, à leurs alliés des tribus et aux forces d'élite de "tenir leurs positions et ne pas permettre à Daech (un acronyme de l'EI en arabe) de prendre d'autres secteurs", a rapporté Saad al-Hadithi, le porte-parole du chef de gouvernement, en promettant l'arrivée de renforts à Ramadi.
Les djihadistes affirment avoir pris le "contrôle total" de Ramadi...rtbf.be
17/5/15
Iran-backed Shia militias have been ordered to recapture the Iraqi city of Ramadi seized by Islamic State (IS) militants on Sunday, reports say....
ReplyDeleteAbout 500 people are estimated to have died in several days of fighting in the city, which lies only 70 miles (112km) west of the capital, Baghdad.
A regional government official spoke of people fleeing Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, "in great numbers".
But the US has said it is confident the capture of Ramadi can be reversed.
Speaking in South Korea, Secretary of State John Kerry said: "I am convinced that as the forces are redeployed and as the days flow in the weeks ahead that's going to change."....BBC
Shi'ite forces move in on Iraqi city taken by Islamic State...
ReplyDeleteA column of 3,000 Shi'ite militia fighters arrived at a military base near Ramadi on Monday as Baghdad moved to retake the western Iraqi city that has fallen to Islamic State militants in the biggest defeat for the government since mid-2014.
Setting the stage for renewed fighting over the city, Islamic State militants advanced in armored vehicles from Ramadi towards the base where the Shi'ite paramilitaries were massing for a counter-offensive, witnesses and a military officer said.....REUTERS....todayonline.com
18/5/15
Iraq must own difficult fight to reclaim Ramadi: US officials...
ReplyDeleteThe United States will support Iraq's difficult fight to reclaim lost territory in Ramadi and elsewhere, but the battlefield setback has not prompted consideration of deploying U.S. ground combat forces, U.S. military and civilian officials told Reuters on Monday.
"Having American troops drawn into this fight... (would come) with a host of problems," said one U.S. military official, speaking on condition of anonymity. A second U.S. military official also said the option was not under consideration.
A civilian U.S. official told Reuters: "What we need is for everybody who is in Iraq to defend Iraq, and in the end, it's got to be Iraqis."...
"Remember whose country it is and who's got to take responsibility for it. It's not the United States, in this case. It's the Iraqis," the civilian U.S. official said.
A column of 3,000 Shiite militia fighters arrived on Monday at a military base near Ramadi as Baghdad moved to retake the western Iraqi city, which has recently fallen to ISIS militants in the biggest defeat for the government since mid-2014.....dailystar.com.lb
18/5/15