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29/05/2016 22:27

Qindra banorë kanë lënë shtëpitë e tyre në fortesën e ekstremistëve ndërkohë që forcat irakiane kanë rrethuar qytetin dhe pritet të ndërmarrin një ofrensivë të re sot.

Heavily armed elite forces wait for their orders to advance ahead of the offensive. It is not yet clear when the attack will be launched

Iraqi pro-government forces evacuate a wounded comrade in al-Sejar village in Iraq's Anbar province, on the boundaries of Fallujah as they take part in a major assault to retake the city

Elite Iraqi troops were poised Sunday to assault one of the Islamic State group's most emblematic bastions, Fallujah, as the jihadists counterattacked in both Iraq and neighbouring Syria

Smoke billows on the front line near Hasan Sham village, some 45 kilometres east of the city of Mosul

The 'peshmerga-led ground offensive, backed by international coalition warplanes' started before dawn

Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga forces carry a wounded comrade during an operation near Hasan Sham village

A huge Iraqi security forces convoy advabecs on the road toward the centre of Fellujah

Iraqi security forces, advancing towards Fellujah, clear one of the tunnels built by ISIS fighters in the city

Iraq's elite counter-terrorism forces gather ahead of an operation to re-take the ISIS-held City of Fallujah

On stand-by: The elite fighters were called in ahead of an expected final assault on the ISIS held city

Preperations: Iraq's elite counter-terrorism forces clean their weapons ahead of the operation

Hundreds of residents have managed to flee the extremist stronghold with Iraqi forces surrounding the city and on the verge of launching a new offensive today