Iraqi forces battle IS in Fallujah days after city's fall
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BAGHDAD- Iraqi forces battled ISIS militants in pockets of Fallujah on Monday, days after the government declared the city's liberation.
Iraqi special forces say they are closing in on the remaining ISIS strongholds but that their progress has been slowed by snipers hiding in residential buildings. Brig. Gen. Haider al-Obeidi, of the special forces, told The Associated Press he hopes to clear ISIS out of Fallujah completely "in the coming few days."
ISIS militants still control the northern Golan neighborhood as well as other scattered pockets, where they are largely surrounded. Al-Obeidi says Iraqi fighters who know the terrain and can blend in with local residents have largely melted away, leaving behind foreign fighters who have little choice but to fight to the death.
