Iraqi forces said Thursday they had retaken the center of ISIL Takfiri group’s stronghold of Hawija and were pushing forward in their assault on one of the last ISIL enclaves in the country. Troops, police and paramilitaries “liberated the whole of the center of Hawija and are continuing their advance,” ...
Iraqi forces Wednesday launched the final assault to capture the town of Hawija, one of two pockets of territory still under control of ISIL Takfiri group in Iraq, the country’s military said in a statement. Iraqi forces began moving on Hawijah two days after capturing the Rashad air base, located ...
