Iraq Says Set to Move Against IS-Held Fallujah

Iraq said Sunday its forces are headed to Fallujah to try to recapture the city held by Islamic State jihadists for more than two years. A spokesman for Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi did not say when the advance would occur on the city, located 50 kilometers to the west of the capital, Baghdad. But the announcement seemed to clarify that Iraqi forces would advance first toward Fallujah, rather than Mosul, Iraq's second city, which Islamic State also controls. "Your sons, the...

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