Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced the beginning of military operations to retake the Islamic State-held held city of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, in a televised address on Sunday night.

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Iraqi forces supported by U.S. airstrikes advanced Sunday toward Fallujuah and pressed to re-take the key western city from the Islamic State, which has controlled it for nearly two years. An Iraqi ...

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FALLUJAH, Iraq — Iraqi military and militia forces rolled into this war-battered city Monday, capturing a police station and advancing the crucial campaign to drive Islamic State militants from one of ...

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FALLUJAH, Iraq, April 2 (UPI) -- The Iraqi security force known as Sons of Iraq opened its first office in Fallujah Wednesday in a ceremony attended by Iraqi government officials. Faleh al-Dulami, a ...