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Iraqi forces liberate two more villages near Fallujah

28 May 2016 21:02 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. The Iraqi army, backed by volunteer fighters, has liberated two more villages from Daesh Takfiri terrorists in the western province of Anbar, closing in on the militant-held city of Fallujah, APA reports quoting Press TV.

Iraqi media said forces wrested control over the villages of Bakareh and Mukhtar on Saturday.

Tens of thousands of Iraqi forces launched a massive operation on May 22 to recapture Fallujah, the first Iraqi city to fall to Daesh. They have already recaptured several towns and villages on the city’s outskirts.

Abdelwahab al-Saadi, the top commander in charge of the Fallujah operation, said "CTS (counter-terrorism service) forces, Anbar emergency police and tribal fighters... reached Tareq and Mazraa camps" south and east of Fallujah.

“These forces will break into Fallujah in the next few hours to liberate it from Daesh,” he added.