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イラク軍は6月26日、イスラム教過激派組織「イスラム国」（IS）が支配していたイラク中部の都市ファルージャの奪還を完了したと発表した。ウォール・ストリート・ジャーナルなどが報じた。
NHKニュースによると、イラク政府軍は国営テレビを通して声明を発表し、「イラクの人々に素晴らしい知らせを届ける。ファルージャでの戦いは終わった」として、完全に制圧したと宣言したという。ただし市内にはISが仕掛けた爆弾や、戦闘員が潜んでいる可能性があるため、住民の帰還には時間がかかる見通しだ。
これを受けてイラク政府は今後、北部にあるIS最大の拠点モスルの奪還に向けて、戦力を集中するものとみられる。
ニューズウィーク日本版では、2014年春にISがファルージャに入り、政府の支配がきかなくなって以来、2年半ぶりに政府の統制下に戻ったと報じている。
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A billboard of the Islamic State group is seen in Fallujah, 50 kilometres (30 miles) from the Iraqi capital Baghdad, after Iraqi forces retook the embattled city from the jihadist group on June 26, 2016.\nIraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi urged all Iraqis to celebrate the recapture of Fallujah by the security forces and vowed the national flag would be raised in Mosul soon. While the battle has been won, Iraq still faces a major humanitarian crisis in its aftermath, with tens of thousands of people who fled the fighting desperately in need of assistance in the searing summer heat.\n\n\n\n / AFP / HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI (Photo credit should read HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI via Getty Images)
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Members of the Iraqi counter-terrorism forces stand next to an armed vehicle outside a hospital in Fallujah used by the Iraqi forces for emergency cases on June 23, 2016. \nIraqi forces have retaken more than 80 percent of Fallujah from the Islamic State group, the commander of the month-long offensive on the jihadist bastion said.\n\n / AFP / afp / HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI (Photo credit should read HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI via Getty Images)
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Members of the Iraqi counter-terrorism forces walk inside a deserted hospital in Fallujah used by the Iraqi forces for emergency cases on June 23, 2016. \nIraqi forces have retaken more than 80 percent of Fallujah from the Islamic State group, the commander of the month-long offensive on the jihadist bastion said.\n\n / AFP / afp / HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI (Photo credit should read HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI via Getty Images)
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Smoke rises from buildings in Fallujah as members of the Iraqi government forces clear the streets of city from road-side bombs and booby-traps on June 23, 2016. \n\n\nLieutenant General Abdulwahab al-Saadi who is in charge of the Fallujah operation told AFP that more than 80 percent of the Fallujah is under the control of the Iraqi forces. / AFP / afp / HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI (Photo credit should read HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI via Getty Images)
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Members of the counter-terrorism forces accompany Lieutenant General Abdulwahab al-Saadi (R), the general commander of the Fallujah operation, as they inspect a building formerly used as a home-made bomb making factory by Islamic State (IS) group fighters as they patrol the city clearing roadside bombs and booby-traps on June 23, 2016. \n\n\nAl-Saadi told AFP in Fallujah that more than 80 percent of the Fallujah is under the control of the Iraqi forces. / AFP / afp / HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI (Photo credit should read HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI via Getty Images)
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