Related Image Expand / Contract Iraqi security forces advance their positions during heavy fighting against Islamic State group militants in Fallujah on Tuesday. The Iraqi military seized a government building in the heart of Fallujah from Islamic State militants on Friday marking a major step forward in the terror fight, a U.S. military spokesman confirmed. He said ISis militants "collapsed," suggesting that most of them fled after the Iraqi forces moved in on the al-Nazzal neighborhood. Iraqi special forces were besieging the nearby central hospital, battling Islamic State snipers in adjacent buildings, a military commander told The Associated Press. "Iraqi forces are now in the center of the city.
Source: Fox News June 17, 2016 11:46 UTC