Iraqi troops have retaken a neighbourhood on the outskirts of Ramadi, a provincial capital west of Baghdad that was captured by Islamic State earlier this year, officials said.
The retaking of the area comes just over a week after Iraqi forces announced the capture of the Palestine Bridge, completing the encirclement of the city.
IS captured Ramadi in May, dealing the biggest blow to Iraqi forces since the fall of Mosul nearly a year before.
The government soon announced a counter-offensive, but progress has been sluggish.