raqi forces evacuated 635 civilians from Ramadi on Monday as they continued to clear the city two weeks after declaring victory against the ISIS group, security officials said.
Federal forces retook the strategic Government compound in the centre of the capital of Anbar province late last month but theyhave yet to assert full control over the city.
“Forces from the counter-terrorism service and the Anbar police evacuated 635 civilians,” said Major General Sami Kadhem al-Aredhi, a commander of elite troops in Ramadi.
He said they had been trapped in areas where ISIS fighters are still present in Sichariyah and Sufiya, on the eastern outskirts of Ramadi.