Ramadi Control Map, Nov. 22, 2015 (Central Ramadi)
December 22, 2015 - Patrick Martin![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/Ramadi%20Control%20Map%20-%20Central%20ramadi%202015-12-22%20high_5.png?itok=5AA0osQG)
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.