BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces advancing from two opposite directions in Anbar have joined up, reducing the isolation of the city of Haditha, military sources said on Monday (Tuesday in Manila).

A statement from Iraq’s joint operations command coordinating the fight against the Islamic State group said forces retook several villages from the jihadists along the Euphrates River.

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