Q&A: Iraqi Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool
Iraq’s spokesman for the Joint Military Command taking on IS discusses the grueling siege of Fallujah, and the progress of operations in Anbar province.
Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool, Iraqi army spokesman for the Joint Military Command, announcing the capture of ex-Saddam Hussein official Abdel Baqi al-Sadun during a press conference in Baghdad on June 28, 2015.(Karim Kadim/Associated Press)
Iraqi and American military planners have their sights set on liberating Mosul from the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) – but as much as that city is suffering, it might not be the site of the country's largest humanitarian catastrophe.
That unfortunate distinction arguably belongs to Fallujah, which has been occupied by IS for more than two years.
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