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Urgent: IS militants take full control of Iraq's Ramadi

Xinhua, May 18, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Islamic State (IS) militant group on Sunday took full control of the city of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, Iraq, after fierce clashes with the security forces, a provincial security source told Xinhua. Endite