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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BAGHDAD -- Five weeks after a military operation began, a senior Iraqi commander declared Sunday the city of Fallujah was "fully liberated" from the Islamic State group, giving a boost to the ...

(BAGHDAD) — The Iraqi ground offensive to retake the ISIS-held city of Fallujah began early Monday with Iraqi military forces pressing outside the city located 40 miles west of Baghdad. Retaking the ...

NAYMIYAH, Iraq -- Iraqi forces secured the southern edge of the Islamic State group stronghold of Fallujah on Sunday, two weeks after the launch of an operation to recapture the city, the Iraqi ...

Twice in 2004, the U.S. military fought bitter campaigns to conquer Fallujah, a Sunni city that became a stronghold for former Baathists, Sunni insurgents and al-Qaeda. Alas, rule by the ...

Fallujah is “a safe haven for (the Islamic State group) where they can construct their bombs and plan their operations in relatively close proximity to Baghdad,” Warren said. But despite gains on the ...

BAGHDAD — 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 ...

BAGHDAD — 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 late ...