The Iraqi Provincial Capital of Ramadi Has Falling To The Islamic State

Al Jazeera: ISIL seizes main government compound in Ramadi

Officials say group has taken major complex, giving nearly full control over Anbar's provincial capital.

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group has taken over the main government compound in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi, and edged closer to what would be their biggest victory in Iraq this year, officials have said.

The fighters seized the government complex at around 1100GMT on Friday and raised the group's black flag, capping an offensive launched a day ago, a police officer said.

ISIL "now occupies the government centre in Ramadi and has also raised its flag over the police HQ for Anbar," the police major told the AFP news agency, speaking on condition of anonymity.

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