Iraqi forces gain ground west of Fallujah
Read on the website Vestnik KavkazaIraqi forces gained new ground from Daesh in a key area west of the jihadist bastion of Fallujah, security sources said.
Fighters from the army, the police and from the Hashed al-Shaabi, a paramilitary organisation dominated by Tehran-backed Shiite militias, entered the centre of Saqlawiya, the Daily Mail reports. "The Iraqi army's 14th division and Hashed al-Shaabi stormed the centre of Saqlawiya town from the highway and raised the Iraqi flag," a statement from the Joint Operations Command said.