Moscow. Iraqi forces have recaptured the town of al baghdadi, from the Islamic State of iraq and the levant. It has been held by i. S. I. L. Since september. Moved in on a string of positions. The town is west to the capital close to a military base where soldiers are being trained. Jane arraf, this is a pretty significant victory for iraq, isnt it . It is a victory certainly and its significant in terms of western al anbar. The head of the municipality there alsod the ustells us by phone that there are parts of it still under i. S. I. L. Control. Same thing we just were told by anbar provincial council. Clearly iraqi backed air strikes, have made advances. Tell us the role of these air strikes. There has been debate in the past how useful they are but in this case they seem to be pretty effective. I think its clear from the start of this when the u. S. Got into this with the air strikes and then they expanded to other countries that they have been absolutely instrumental in this fight