Premier Iraq battle of Fallujah has begun

baghdad - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has announced the launch of a military operation to recapture the city of Fallujah on terrorist group Islamic State.,, The moment of great victory is near ', promised the Iraqi leader on Twitter.

According to Al-Jazeera reports come in of heavy artillery fire on the city, which was owned by IS 2014. The army would have alerted residents Sunday to leave the area. Families who could not leave, were suspended on the advice of white flags.

The city has been surrounded since last year by security forces and their allies. Residents who wanted to flee were stopped in recent months by IS. A local official said Sunday that caught more than 75 000 citizens in the city, where the conflict lived about 300 000 people.
  
    
     
      
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When the offensive involved, according to the Prime various services and groups. So do include the army, police and local tribes along, but a coalition of mainly Shiite militias.

The militias, some of which are backed by neighboring Iran, according to Iraqi officials may possibly only operate outside the city. That should avoid tensions with Sunni residents of Fallujah flare.