Iraqi forces have been battling to retake Ramadi for weeks
The Iraqi city of Ramadi has been "liberated" from so-called Islamic State, the Iraqi military has declared.
Spokesman
Brig Gen Yahya Rasul said forces had achieved an "epic" victory, adding
the Iraqi flag had been raised over the government complex there.The city's recapture is seen as a major reversal for the jihadist group. The jihadists had seized it in May, in an embarrassing defeat for the army.
Iraqi government forces had been fighting to retake it for weeks.
Troops managed to capture the government compound on Sunday, flushing out or killing Islamic State (IS) fighters and suicide bombers who had been holding out in the buildings.
The military said remaining IS militants have headed out to the north-east of Ramadi.
The operation to recapture Ramadi, about 55 miles (90km) west of Baghdad, began in early November.
It was backed by US-led coalition air strikes, but made slow progress, mainly because the government chose not to use the powerful Shia-dominated paramilitary force that helped it regain the mainly Sunni northern city of Tikrit, to avoid increasing sectarian tensions.
