Iraqi forces are heading to Fallujah to launch a long-awaited operation to retake the city from the Islamic State jihadist group, the prime minister’s spokesman announced on Sunday. “Your sons the ...
Events in Iraq from the breakthrough by Islamic State group (IS) fighters in 2014 to the government counter-attack. 2014: Jihadist breakthrough On January 4, Iraq loses its first key town since the US ...
During the Second Battle of Fallujah in November 2004, Staff Sergeant David Bellavia and his platoon were ordered to clear a block of buildings used by insurgents firing on American troops. Inside one ...
During the Battle of Fallujah in 2004, US Marines encountered one of the most unexpected landmarks of the Iraq War - a KFC restaurant standing amid one of the conflict's deadliest urban battlefields.