Kurds, Iraqi army make advances against IS

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As an Iraqi army offensive around Fallujah completed its buildup, Kurdish peshmerga forces fought to reclaim areas surrounding the city of Mosul.

"This is one of the many shaping operations expected to increase pressure on ISIL in and around Mosul in preparation for an eventual assault on the city," read the statement.

At the same time, Iraqi special forces were poised to begin their siege of Fallujah, a city 40 miles west of Baghdad. Backed by aerial support from the US-led coalition against IS, the army has already recaptured 80 percent of the area surrounding the city in the week since the offense began, according to a military spokesman.

"I won't tell you hours but the breach of Fallujah will happen very soon," said Hadi al-Ameri, a senior commander of a paramilitary force assisting in the operation, to Iraqi television.

In retaliation for the renewed push-back, IS launched at an attack on the city of Hit in western Iraq on Sunday.

The cities of Fallujah and Mosul have been under IS control since the terrorists swept through Iraq and Syria in 2014 and captured large pieces of territory.

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