Forces try to drive militants from center

Iraqi troops made a new push to retake the center of Ramadi, a strategic city close to the capital, Baghdad, that has been under Islamic State control since May.

Iraqi army units and American-trained counterterrorism forces, backed by U.S.-led airstrikes, attempted to advance from three directions Tuesday on a former government compound in the city center, said Sabah Karhout, a top provincial official.