FALLUJAH, Iraq: Iraqi forces hunted down holdout jihadists in Fallujah Saturday after retaking the city center and trained their sights on Mosul, the Islamic State’s last remaining major hub in the country.

While not fully under government control yet, Fallujah is the latest in a string of battlefield losses for IS, which has seen its two-year-old “caliphate” shrink significantly in recent months.

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