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Iraq forces retake Fallujah government HQ: commanders

BAGHDAD, (APP/AFP) – Iraqi forces retook
the main government compound in the centre of the militants bastion of Fallujah from the Islamic State group on Friday, top commanders said.
“The counter-terrorism service and the rapid response forces have retaken the government compound in the centre of Fallujah,” the operation’s overall commander, Lieutenant General Abdulwahab al-Saadi, told AFP.