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A hotel on the shore of Iraq's Lake Habbaniya now shelters thousands of families who fled the Islamic State group in Anbar province, including the provincial capital of Ramadi. Months after Ramadi was retaken from the militants, most of its 1 million residents have not returned because of the widespread destruction of their homes.
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A hotel on the shore of Iraq’s Lake Habbaniya now shelters thousands of families who fled the Islamic State group in Anbar province, including the provincial capital of Ramadi. Months after Ramadi was retaken from the militants, most of its 1 million residents have not returned because of the widespread destruction of their homes.
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Months after the city of Ramadi, Iraq, was freed from Islamic State control, reconstruction of Anbar’s provincial capital has barely begun. The rubble the city was reduced to illustrates the enormous task Iraq will face as it recaptures more territory from the extremists.