(VOVworld) - The Iraqi security forces fought fierce clashes with IS militants and retook control of the eastern part of the city of Ramadi, while the troops seized a road linking the city to Baghdad.

Iraqi forces recapture eastern part of Ramadi (newsx.com)

The troops and allied paramilitary Sunni tribal fighters recaptured the districts of Sajjariyah and Juwaiba, and rushed into Huseiba al-Sharqiya area, 10 km from eastern Ramadi. The Iraqi forces also opened the highway between Ramadi and Baghdad which passes through the town of Khaldiyah, linking Ramadi with the military airbase of Habbaniyah where US troops and allied coalition military personnel stationed.