Report: Iraqi army officers collaborated with Islamic State in Ramadi fighting

Several Iraqi army officers allegedly collaborated with the Islamic State and facilitated the group to take over the Ramadi region, the wife of a senior ISIS commander Abu Sayyaf, who was killed by the US army in a special mission, told American forces during her interrogation, a report in Saudi paper Okaz said.

According to the report, Iraqi intelligence opened an investigation in light of this information.

Meanwhile, Asharq Al-Awsat reported that Iraqi army leaders claimed that the armed forces handed over Ramadi to ISIS in a matter of hours.