With IS out of Anbar, Iraqis finally make the trip back home
Internally displaced children prepare to return home to Anbar province, at a camp in southern Baghdad, Iraq on Thursday.
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Internally displaced children prepare to return home to Anbar province, at a camp in southern Baghdad, Iraq on Thursday. More than 120 families have started returning to their homes in Anbar after the region was liberated from the control of Islamic State group extremists. AP
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The civilian movement began two weeks after Iraqi security forces paraded through Baghdad to celebrate victories over the IS jihadist group. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi reviewed the forces from a pavilion as they passed through central Tahrir Square, and military jets and helicopters flew over the city. AP
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Iraq announced the full recapture of Fallujah at the end of June 2016. Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, was declared to have been recaptured at the end of December 2015, but fighting in the area continued into this year. AP
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The internally displaced Iraqis faced several risks during their time away from home in the camp. In early July, an attack on a camp in southern Baghdad killed at least three people, including one 10-year-old child and one 16-year-old teen. The attack, which officials said was either by Katyusha rockets or mortar rounds, also wounded at least 11 people. AP
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The attacked camp the camp housed more than 6,000 people who had fled Salaheddin province north of Baghdad and Anbar to its west, said the UN. AP
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Both Salaheddin and Anbar provinces have seen heavy fighting between Iraqi forces and the Islamic State jihadist group, which overran large areas north and west of Baghdad in 2014 but has since lost significant ground. AP
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