Isis Stronghold Falluja

ISIS terrorists have placed booby traps across the city of Mosul, dug tunnels and recruited children as spies in anticipation of an offensive to dislodge the terrorists from their Iraqi stronghold, Iraqis and US officials said.

At least 20,000 children remain inside besieged Falluja, ISIS's stronghold near Baghdad, facing the risk of forced recruitment in the fighting and separation from their families, the United Nations' children's agency said on Wednesday.

The Iraqi army stormed to the southern edge of Falluja under US air support on Monday and captured a police station inside the city limits, launching a direct assault to retake one of the main strongholds of ISIS terrorists.

Iraqi forces may face a big battle near Baghdad before they can try to retake the ISIS stronghold of Mosul: Falluja, a long-time bastion of Sunni Muslim jihadists sitting at the western gates of the capital.

ISIS terrorists have placed booby traps across the city of Mosul, dug tunnels and recruited children as spies in anticipation of an offensive to dislodge the terrorists from their Iraqi stronghold, Iraqis and US officials said.

At least 20,000 children remain inside besieged Falluja, ISIS's stronghold near Baghdad, facing the risk of forced recruitment in the fighting and separation from their families, the United Nations' children's agency said on Wednesday.

The Iraqi army stormed to the southern edge of Falluja under US air support on Monday and captured a police station inside the city limits, launching a direct assault to retake one of the main strongholds of ISIS terrorists.

Iraqi forces may face a big battle near Baghdad before they can try to retake the ISIS stronghold of Mosul: Falluja, a long-time bastion of Sunni Muslim jihadists sitting at the western gates of the capital.