Fallujah Council: 30 pc of the city is destroyed during military operations
A damaged house in the city of Fallujah following reported clashes between Iraqi security forces and anti-government fighters. Archival photo.
(IraqiNews.com) Anbar – Fallujah Local Council announced on Sunday that the damage caused to the city because of military operations has reached to 30 per cent and it further informed that the local government is working to remove the remnants of war and rehabilitate the city in order to prepare it for the return of displaced people.
The spokesman for the local council Salam Ajami al-Halbusi, in a statement issued to the media, said, “The percentage of damage in several areas of Fallujah, after they have been liberated from ISIS control, has been estimated to be around 30 per cent. The damages were caused during the organized terrorist operations.”
Halbusi added, “ISIS used thousands of IEDs and hundreds of booby-trapped vehicles,” further adding, “ISIS also booby-trapped the houses of the army and police members, tribal leaders and everyone who objected the terrorist organization ideology.”
“Anbar government and Fallujah council will work to remove the remnants of war that were left by ISIS, as well as dismantling IEDs and booby-trapped houses in Fallujah in order to prepare the city for the return of displaced people,” Halbusi continued.