Baku – APA. Iraqi special forces launched an assault one of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group's most emblematic bastions, Fallujah, as the group counter-attacked in both Iraq and neighbouring Syria, Aljazeera reports.
Quoting commanders, agencies confirmed the assault was launched in the early hours of Monday morning. Troops entered the city from three directions.
Explosions and gunfire could be heard in Fallujah's southern Naimiya district, Reuters reported.
The overall commander of the Fallujah operation, Abdelwahab al-Saadi, had earlier warned that the Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) would enter the city.
Only a few hundred families managed to slip out of the Fallujah area, with an estimated 50,000 people still trapped inside the city proper.
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