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Iraqi commander: Fallujah 'fully liberated' from IS
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In this image taken by an Iraqi Counterterrorism Service photographer on June 19, 2016, an officer stands inside an Islamic State militant weapons facility in Fallujah, Iraq after forces re-took the city center after two years of IS control. Thousands of civilians are fleeing Fallujah after the city was declared liberated from the Islamic State group, the United Nations said, while an Iraqi commander reported fierce clashes as elite counter-terrorism forces pushed to clear out the remaining militants. (Iraq Counterterrorism Service via AP/-)
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senior Iraqi commander has declared the city of Fallujah "fully liberated" from Islamic State group militants after a more than monthlong military operation.
The head of the counterterrorism forces in the operation, Lt. Gen. Abdul-Wahad al-Saadi, told The Associated Press that on Sunday his troops entered the northwestern al-Julan neighborhood, which was the last area still under IS control.
Al-Saadi says the operation, which began late May, "is done and the city is fully liberated."
Fallujah has been under the control of Islamic State militants since January 2014. (ags)
