On October 21, 2006, insurgents detonated a car-bomb with two 100-pound chlorine tanks, injuring three Iraqi policemen and a civilian in Ramadi. Since the fall of Fallujah in 2004, Ramadi had been the center of the insurgency in Iraq. The Islamic State of Iraq, a front group for al-Qaeda in Iraq, had declared the city to be its capital. [8] .

Ramadi (Arabic: ٱلرَّمَادِي Ar-Ramādī; also formerly rendered as Rumadiyah or Rumadiya) is a city in central Iraq, about 110 kilometers (68 mi) west of Baghdad and 50 kilometers (31 mi) west of Fallujah. It is the capital and largest city of Al Anbar Governorate which touches on Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

May 5, 2016 · Iraqi forces' victory in retaking Ramadi was celebrated as a vindication of the U.S.-led coalition's strategy against the Islamic State group, but the cost was the city itself.

Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's Al Anbar Governorate, was under U.S. military occupation during the Iraq War. It was a focal point of Iraqi insurgency, which erupted into open armed conflict in 2004 and in 2006, part of the Iraq War in Anbar Province.

Al-Ramādī, city, capital of Al-Anbār muḥāfaẓah (governorate), central Iraq. It lies on the Euphrates River just northwest of Lake Al-Ḥabbāniyyah. Ancient settlements existed in the vicinity, but Al-Ramādī was founded only in 1869 to encourage settlement by the then nomadic Dulaym tribes.

Dec 7, 2021 · After years of war, Ramadi has come back to be one of the safer parts of the country and a magnet for investment. Two new hospitals have been built and two new universities are being developed.

Jan 2, 2025 · The Battle of Ramadi, a significant event during the Iraq War, unfolded as a complex and brutal engagement between coalition forces and Iraqi insurgents. This battle, which took place in the city of Ramadi, Anbar Province, from November 2004 to April 2006, holds a crucial place in the history of the Iraqi insurgency and offers valuable insights ...

Ramadi (Arabic: ٱلرَّمَادِي Ar-Ramādī; also formerly rendered as Rumadiyah or Rumadiya) is a city in central Iraq, about 110 kilometers (68 mi) west of Baghdad and 50 kilometers (31 mi) west of Fallujah. It is the capital and largest city of Al Anbar Governorate which touches on Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

Jan 16, 2021 · RAMADI, Iraq — After a major reconstruction campaign by the Iraqi government, much of Anbar province's war-torn Ramadi no longer resembles a city once overrun by the Islamic State (ISIS).

After 17 months of fighting against government forces within the city, ISIL forces finally took full control of Ramadi in June 2015. This unilateral control was short-lived; Iraqi forces moved back into parts of Ramadi's urban center as early as October 2015 and had wrested full control of the city back from ISIL by January 2016.