Alwaght- Iraqi premier says after the liberation of Fallujah from the grip of the ISIS terrorists Mosul will follow soon.
“We promised you the liberation of Fallujah and we retook it. Our security forces control the city except for small pockets that need to be cleared within the coming hours,” Haider al-Abadi said in a brief speech broadcast on state television on Friday night.
Addressing the terrorists, al-Abadi said, “There is no place in Iraq for you and you will be punished for all the crimes you have committed. The Iraqi people are all united against you. Get out of our country, for Iraq is for Iraqis.”
The Iraqi premier also promised that the liberation of Mosul – ISIS’s de facto capital in the country since June 2014 - is very close as it is the Iraqi forces’ “next destination” in their campaign to flush the militants out of the country.
His statement came shortly after Iraqi commanders reported their troops had raised the national flag over the main government compound in Fallujah, a breakthrough in the nearly four-week offensive against ISIS.
This latest setback leaves ISIS Takfiri terrorists on the brink of losing a significant stronghold of its two-year-old "caliphate", which has also lost territory in neighboring Syria and in Libya in recent weeks.
Fallujah, which lies just 50km west of Baghdad, has been one of most emblematic bastions for ISIS Takfiri terrorists and its loss leaves Mosul as the only major Iraqi city under its control.
