Civilians wait for security check while trying to reach safe areas with help from Iraqi security forces in Jweba on the eastern fringes of Ramadi, February 8, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Strain on Iraq's budget from falling oil prices is delaying the removal of Islamic State explosives in Ramadi and the restoration of basic services needed for displaced civilians to return to the western city.
The army declared victory in December over Islamic State (IS) after elite counter-terrorism forces seized the Anbar provincial capital's main government building. On Tuesday those forces reclaimed strategic territory linking the city to a major army base nearby.
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