Iraqi forces start operation to liberate Anbar districts

Iraqi forces have launched a new operation to liberate two districts in the embattled Anbar Province as part of a push to drive out ISIL Takfiri terrorists.

According to the reports, Staff Major General Ismail al-Mahalawi, the head of the Anbar Operations Command, said on Monday that the forces began liberating Zankurah and Albu Rishah districts north of the provincial capital of Ramadi.

The operation comes three days after the nearby strategic city of Fallujah was freed from the grip of the Takfiri terrorist group.

Meanwhile, Iraq's federal police chief Raed Shaker Jawdat said ISIL's self-proclaimed governor for Fallujah had been killed in an operation west of the city.

Iraqi sources also said volunteer Hashd al-Shaabi units have wrested control over the Harariat district north of Fallujah.

On Friday, the Iraqi army managed to raise the national flag on the main government complex in Fallujah after entering the city without facing significant resistance from Daesh terrorists.

Later in the day, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi congratulated the nation on the liberation of Fallujah, saying there is no place in the country for terrorist elements.

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