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| Iraqi PM Abadi visits Ramadi after capture from IS | Iraqi PM Abadi visits Ramadi after capture from IS |
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| Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has landed by helicopter in Ramadi, a day after the city's liberation from the Islamic State (IS) group. | |
| He is to meet security officials and commanders in the city. Earlier, he vowed IS would be eliminated from Iraq in 2016. | |
| He said the recapture of Iraq's second city, Mosul, would be the "final blow". | |
| The recapture of Ramadi was welcomed by US Secretary of State John Kerry, who said IS had suffered a major defeat. | The recapture of Ramadi was welcomed by US Secretary of State John Kerry, who said IS had suffered a major defeat. |
| The city's capture in May was an embarrassing defeat for the army. | The city's capture in May was an embarrassing defeat for the army. |
| Iraqi government forces had been fighting to retake the city - about 90km (55 miles) west of the capital, Baghdad - for weeks. | |
| Is Ramadi a strategic defeat for IS? | |
| Islamic State conflict | |
| Life under IS | |
| Viewpoint: How to defeat IS | |
| TV pictures on Monday showed troops raising the Iraqi flag over the government complex in the city centre. | |
| Army spokesman Brig Gen Yahya Rasul said forces had "liberated" Ramadi in an "epic" victory. | |
| Iraqi officials gave no immediate death toll from the battle. |