Iraq Claims 180,000 Internally Displaced Have Returned Home

Iraqi officials say tens of thousands of refugees from several parts of the country, including Anbar and Salahedin provinces, have returned to their homes after Islamic State militants were pushed out of large swathes of territory by Iraqi government forces and Shi’ite volunteer militiamen earlier this year. Iraqi media showed video of dozens of people returning to Anbar province’s second largest city of Fallujah.  Families that were forced to leave the city during fighting to expel...

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