Fallujah's Liberation

FALLUJAH, IRAQ, The 5th of JUNE 2016."nMajor Salam Jassim Hussein, the combat chief who is leading the advance of the Golden Division under the command of Général Haydar Fader Kourzouki. Here on open field to check the road leading straight to the south entrance of Fallujah."n(The 5th of June, the Golden Division entered the first houses of Fallujah, those of the south part of the city. On the 23rd of May, the Special Forces began the offensive against Fallujah, real matrix of the Islamic State Organization. During this two weeks progression through the villages of the Anbar desert that surround the former stronghold of the Sunnite insurrection, the Golden Division had to deal with a minefield full of tunnels, car bombs and suicidal attacks."nSo far, its enemy has been unconventional and invisible. On the 400 men of the 4 battalions engaged on the two weeks old advance, 9 died and 30 were wounded )"nPhoto Laurent Van der Stockt / Getty Reportage"n"nFallouja, Irak, Le 5 juin 2016."nLe Major Salam et le Chef des unités de la Police de l"u2019Anbar s"u2019approchent de la route qui mène droit à l"u2019entrée sud de Fallouja. Elle est en terrain découvert mais ils décident d"u2019y faire monter la colonne pour être face à la ville le soir même."nPhoto Laurent Van der Stockt / Le Monde (Photographs by Laurent Van der Stockt/Getty Images Reportage)
FALLUJAH, IRAQ, The 5th of JUNE 2016."nMajor Salam Jassim Hussein, the combat chief who is leading the advance of the Golden Division under the command of Général Haydar Fader Kourzouki. Here on open field to check the road leading straight to the south entrance of Fallujah."n(The 5th of June, the Golden Division entered the first houses of Fallujah, those of the south part of the city. On the 23rd of May, the Special Forces began the offensive against Fallujah, real matrix of the Islamic State Organization. During this two weeks progression through the villages of the Anbar desert that surround the former stronghold of the Sunnite insurrection, the Golden Division had to deal with a minefield full of tunnels, car bombs and suicidal attacks."nSo far, its enemy has been unconventional and invisible. On the 400 men of the 4 battalions engaged on the two weeks old advance, 9 died and 30 were wounded )"nPhoto Laurent Van der Stockt / Getty Reportage"n"nFallouja, Irak, Le 5 juin 2016."nLe Major Salam et le Chef des unités de la Police de l"u2019Anbar s"u2019approchent de la route qui mène droit à l"u2019entrée sud de Fallouja. Elle est en terrain découvert mais ils décident d"u2019y faire monter la colonne pour être face à la ville le soir même."nPhoto Laurent Van der Stockt / Le Monde (Photographs by Laurent Van der Stockt/Getty Images Reportage)
Fallujah's Liberation
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