Iraqi forces fail to recapture #ISIS-held cities in overnight battle
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An man walks past an Iraqi soldier at Ein Tamer as families flee their homes in the city of #Fallujah making their way to the city of Karbala, on January 6, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Ahmad al-Rubaye) An man walks past an Iraqi soldier at Ein Tamer as families flee their homes in the city of Fallujah making their way to the city of Karbala, on January 6, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Ahmad al-Rubaye)
Iraqi troops failed to recapture jihadist-held areas of Anbar provincial capital Ramadi in a night-time assault that left four civilians dead, medical and security officials said on Tuesday. Fighters with the Islamic State of #Iraq and Syria (ISIS) were still in control of the south of the city, west of Baghdad, after fighting off the assault, (...)