Ramadi Control Map, Nov. 22, 2015 (overview)
December 22, 2015 - Patrick Martin![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/Ramadi%20Control%20Map%202015-12-22%20high_8.png?itok=hD1SCJgF)
The ISF began a major operation to penetrate central Ramadi on December 22, 2015. An element lead by the Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) entered Ramadi from al-Humaira area south of Ramadi into the city’s southern neighborhoods. A separate CTS force entered from Ta’mim area southwest of Ramadi into al-Haouz neighborhood in southern Ramadi using a pontoon bridge, as all of Ramadi’s bridges have been heavily damaged.