Iraq Situation Report: May 11-24, 2016
May 25, 2016 - Patrick Martin![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/iraq%20SITREP%202016-05-23%20HIGH%20PNG-01_0.png?itok=DJq3gY68)
The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), Popular Mobilization, and tribal fighters launched a major operation to retake Fallujah on May 23. The joint force quickly recaptured northern terrain on the first day, including Garma District, a historic hotbed for Sunni extremists including ISIS’s predecessor Al Qaeda in Iraq.