Story highlights Iraqi forces launched Falluja operations in MayFederal police say they've recaptured major neighborhood(CNN) Troops from the Iraqi Federal Police recaptured the mayor's office building in central Falluja and raised the national flag, according to the organization's official Facebook page. Falluja was the first Iraqi city to fall to ISIS fighters in 2014. Iraqi counter-terrorism forces recaptured the large, central neighborhood of Nazzal and have now surrounded the city's main hospital, according to a statement from the Iraqi Joint Operations Command on Friday. "Iraq's federal forces continue to hunt the remnants of ISIS militants in the city center," head of the Iraqi Federal Police, Raid Jawdat, was quoted Friday on the official page. Iraqi forces, with the help of Shiite militias and U.S. air power, began advancing toward Falluja on May 23 in hopes of wresting control of the city from the clutches of ISIS.

Source: CNN June 17, 2016 09:56 UTC