DUBAI (Sputnik) — The Iraqi Army and Shiite militias, backed by US airstrikes, launched the offensive to retake Fallujah on May 22. The governmental forces have already gained control over most of suburbs of the city.
Daesh bombing ops in #Fallujah we gift to families of martyrs & wounded, & all honuorable Iraqis for #Ramadhan
— Dr. Khalid Al-Obeidi (@khalid_alobeidi) 13 июня 2016 г.
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"Iraqi Defense Minister raises in the sky piloting F-16 to lead the fighter aircraft wing to carry out bombing of the selected IS [Daesh] positions in Fallujah," Obaidi wrote on his Facebook account.
Occupied #Fallujah, heading there in a F16 fighter jet to destroy targets where Daesh is hiding pic.twitter.com/2ESTuS4YWS
— Dr. Khalid Al-Obeidi (@khalid_alobeidi) 13 июня 2016 г.
The minister used to serve as a flight engineer in the Iraqi Air Force between 1987-2003.
