Islamic State: Fall of Ramadi poses threat to Australian troops at Camp Taji training base, warns counter-terrorism expert David Kilcullen

Mr Kilcullen warned that the problem was compounded by the fact that the fall of Ramadi meant that 3,000 American troops situated at Al Asad Air Base, north-west of the city, were now effectively cut off from the rest of Anbar province. "The Iraqi military is massing around a base called Habbaniyah, and there's also a base in Fallujah which they're trying to link up in order to prevent ISIS from controlling all of Anbar province - but it is certainly a risk," he said.