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The Iraqi army has stormed to the southern edge of Falluja under U.S. air support in a direct assault to retake one of the main strongholds of Islamic State militants. Nathan Frandino reports.
New footage shows Islamic State fighting Iraqi forces in the southwestern and eastern districts of Mosul, Iraq. Nathan Frandino reports.
Iraqi army troops on Saturday stormed into a Christian region that has been under Islamic State control since 2014 as part of U.S.-backed operations to clear the entrances to Mosul. Nathan Frandino reports.
Nearly a dozen men are rescued by the Iraqi army on the outskirts of Falluja, which authorities say has been recaptured from Islamic State. Jillian Kitchener reports.
After nearly five weeks of fighting, Iraqi troops capture the last district held by the Islamic State group in Falluja.
Islamic State forces are reported to be holding several hundred families as "human shields" in the Iraqi city of Falluja while government forces close in, the UN refugee agency says. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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