Iraq Begins Attack on IS-Held Fallujah

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Monday announced the start of a military operation to retake the city of Fallujah, held by the Islamic State group for more than two years. "We are beginning the operation to liberate Fallujah," he said in one of a series of posts on social media. Fallujah is located 50 kilometers to the west of the capital, Baghdad. But the announcement seemed to clarify that Iraqi forces are advancing first toward Fallujah, rather than Mosul,...

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