Fallujah
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Iraqi forces declare IS-held Fallujah ‘fully liberated’
World | Jun 26, 2016, 05:09 PM ISTBaghdad: Iraqi forces today retook the city of Fallujah from Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) and declared it “fully liberated” after a more than a month long military operation, claims a senior Iraqi commander. Fallujah
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Iraqi Special Forces enter centre of IS-held Fallujah, reclaim government compound
World | Jun 17, 2016, 04:24 PM ISTBaghdad: Iraqi forces today reclaimed the government complex and a neighborhood that served as a base for the Islamic State group militants after an enormous war against the militant group. Commander Haidar al-Obeidi of the
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Iraqi troops in southern Fallujah for first time in 2 years
World | Jun 09, 2016, 07:13 AM ISTNaymiyah: A column of black Humvees carrying Iraqi special forces rolled into southern Fallujah today, the first time in more than two years that government troops have entered the western city held by the Islamic
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Amid heavy clashes in Fallujah, fears rise for civilians
World | Jun 01, 2016, 12:34 PM ISTAs Iraqi forces pressed an offensive Tuesday to dislodge Islamic State militants from Fallujah, conditions are worsening for tens of thousands of civilians trapped in the city
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Iraqi forces push into Fallujah as IS bombings kill 24
World | May 30, 2016, 05:25 PM ISTIraqi forces started pushing into the city of Fallujah on Monday as a wave of bombings claimed by the Islamic State group in Baghdad and near the Iraqi capital killed at least 24 people.
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Iraq launches operation to retake IS-held city of Fallujah
World | May 23, 2016, 08:10 AM ISTBaghdad: 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. Iraqi forces are "approaching
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24 killed in attacks on Shiites in Iraq
World | Jul 12, 2013, 05:25 PM ISTBaghdad, July 12: The attacks raised to 40 the death toll from a series of attacks on Thursday.Attacks against Shiites in Iraq killed 24 people and injured 49 others, in the latest attempt by insurgents