Fallujah 'liberated' from IS group, Iraqi commander says

Monday, June 27, 2016

BAGHDAD -- Five weeks after a military operation began, a senior Iraqi commander declared Sunday the city of Fallujah was "fully liberated" from the Islamic State group, giving a boost to the country's security and political leadership in its fight against the extremists.

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