Iraqi military forces have said that they have taken the southern edge of Falluja from ISIS . Lieutenant General Abdel Wahab al-Saadi said his forces secured the largely agricultural southern neighbourhood of Naymiya, under cover of US-led coalition airstrikes, and are poised to enter the main city. Two weeks into their operation to recapture the city, Lieutenant General Al-Saadi said that the southern neighbourhood of Naymiya had fallen to his forces, leaving the military poised to enter the city. Falluja was the first major city that ISIS took control of in Iran . Hashed al-Shaabi ’s comments came after the commander of the Sunni paramilitary organisation, Hashed al-Shaabi , which is dominated by units that enjoy the backing of Iran , announced that his forces would enter Falluja if other efforts to retake the city were deemed to be too slow. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has warned against this because of fears of sectarian unrest and likely abuses against the city’s Sunni population.
Iraqi military forces have said that they have taken the southern edge of Falluja from ISIS . Two weeks into their operation to recapture the city, Lieutenant General Al-Saadi said that the southern neighbourhood of Naymiya had fallen to his forces, leaving the military poised to enter the city. Falluja was the first major city that ISIS took control of in Iran . Hashed al-Shaabi ’s comments came after the commander of the Sunni paramilitary organisation, Hashed al-Shaabi , which is dominated by units that enjoy the backing of Iran , announced that his forces would enter Falluja if other efforts to retake the city were deemed to be too slow. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has warned against this because of fears of sectarian unrest and likely abuses against the city’s Sunni population.