Baghdad, June 8 (RHC)-- Iraqi forces have managed to liberate more areas near the strategic city of Fallujah in Anbar province from the control of the Daesh terrorist group.

According to the Arabic-language al-Sumaria news website, Iraq’s counter-terrorism forces regained control of several neighborhoods to the south of the Fallujah on Wednesday.

Reports say that the forces raised the Iraqi flag over the buildings of the district and are continuing to advance towards other areas.

In other news, Iraqi air raids destroyed an oil depot of Daesh terrorists in the center of Mosul city in the province of Nineveh on Wednesday.  The fighter jets targeted the depot in Suq al-Maash area in Mosul.  Iraqi  sources say the facility is one of Daesh’s largest oil depots.