By IRNA,
Baghdad : The US military has announced a decision to hand over Anbar province, once the centre of Iraq’s Sunni insurgency, to the Iraqi government.
More than a quarter of all US soldiers killed in Iraq have died in Anbar, which is Iraq’s biggest province.
With Anbar’s transfer Iraqi forces will control security in 11 of the country’s 18 provinces.
The government headquarters in Ramadi was draped with tribal flags for the handover ceremony, which was presided over by US, Iraqi and tribal officials.
IRNA reporter in Baghdad said that the hand over has been delayed for the time being.