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Urgent: Iraqi PM announces start of operation to recapture Fallujah

Xinhua, May 23, 2016 Adjust font size:

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi early Monday announced the launching of a military operation to recapture the Islamic State (IS)-held city of Fallujah.

"Zero hour for the liberation of Fallujah has arrived," he said on his official Twitter account. Endit