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Syria congratulates Iraq on dislodging IS from Fallujah

Xinhua, June 18, 2016 Adjust font size:

Syria on Saturday congratulated the Iraqi government for expelling the Islamic State (IS) group from the city of Fallujah in western Iraq, according to state news agency SANA.

"The Syrian Arab Republic congratulates Iraq's people and government on the victory that has been achieved in liberating Fallujah from the abomination of the terrorists," said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Iraqi forces have retaken most of Fallujah from the IS, whose remnants are being haunted in the city, which spiraled out of the government control in 2014.

The Syrian Foreign Ministry said the victory in Fallujah constitutes a step in the course of eliminating the IS terrorists in Iraq and Syria.

The ministry said the war on terror is one on both sides of the borders between Iraq and Syria, stressing the Syrian government's determination to cooperate by all means against the terrorist groups. Endit