Iraq says it has retaken town held by Islamic State
by By Alexandra Zavis, Los Angeles Times
Oct 05, 2017
2 minutes
BEIRUT - The Iraqi government said Thursday that its forces have recaptured the northern town of Hawija from the Islamic State extremist group, stripping the militants of their last urban stronghold in the country and leaving them concentrated in a stretch of desert outposts along the western border with Syria.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi made the
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