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Urgent: Abadi announces commencement of major offensive in Iraq's Salahudin province

Xinhua, March 2, 2015 Adjust font size:

Iraqi Prime Minister and general commander of the Iraqi armed forces Haider Abadi ordered the commencement of major military operation to liberate captured towns and areas from the Islamic State in the province of Salahuddinthe, an Iraqi high-ranking security source said Sunday. Endit