Iraqi forces edge into Fallujah: US

June 15, 2016 22:50

Iraqi security forces have entered Fallujah as they continue their battle to wrest the besieged city from the Islamic State group, the Pentagon said

today.

Baghdad-based military spokesman Colonel Chris Garver said Iraqi counterterrorism fighters, commandos and federal police units are now inside the city's southern edge, but stressed that progress remains slow.

"They have a foothold in the southern corner or the southern edge of the city. But it's been a significant fight to grab that foothold, and so they're continuing to try to expand," he said in a video call with Pentagon reporters.

Fallujah is a medium-sized, densely developed town that lies only 30 miles (50 kilometers) west of Baghdad.

Along with Mosul, it is one of the last two major Iraqi cities still under IS group control.

Iraqi security forces, supported by US-led coalition air strikes and advisors, have been fighting to retake the city for more than three weeks.

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