Iraqi counterterrorism soldiers raise an Iraqi flag on the ruins of a building near the provincial council headquarters in Ramadi in this December 27, 2015 file photo, during the offensive that freed the Iraqi city from nearly a year of rule by the Islamic State group. Satellite photos show the price that months of fighting wreaked on the city: More than 3,000 buildings and nearly 400 roads and bridges damaged or destroyed, with whole city blocks wiped out in some cases, from airstrikes, fighting or intentional destruction by the militants. (Photo by Osama Sami/AP Photo)
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