Anbar battle highlights IS challenge
Elite Iraqi forces have repelled a siege by IS militants that threatened to choke transit routes to a base for U.S. military training and coordination.
Refugees from the town of al-Baghdadi in an Iraqi Air Force plane, as it arrives at the Ain al-Assad military base on Feb. 26, 2015. (STRINGER/Reuters)
Iraqi security forces have broken a prolonged siege by the Islamic State (IS) militant group on the strategically important town of al-Baghdadi, in Anbar province.
The attack on al-Baghdadi has highlighted the limited capacity of security forces in the area, even though the town is just seven kilometers from the Ain al-Assad air base, where the U.S. military is training thousands of pro-government fighters.
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