Iraq's Prime Minister Vowed - Operation Launched To Retake Hawija From ISIL (ISIS)



Iraq's Prime Minister Vowed - Operation Launched To Retake Hawija From ISIL (ISIS).  





The Iraq prime minister, Haider al-Abadi said the operation began at dawn on Thursday, just two days after Iraqi forces began an offensive against ISIL holdouts in the western Anbar province.

Abadi said,  "We announce the launch of the first phase of the liberation of Hawija, in fulfilment of our pledge to our people to liberate all Iraqi territory and to cleanse it from the terrorist Daesh gangs.

He praised his forces who were "fighting more than one liberation battle at the same time and winning victory after victory," adding that "a new victory" was looming.

Hawija, located in the oil-rich province of Kirkuk, 240km north of Baghdad, is one of the last pockets of territory held by ISIL fighters in Iraq.


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