Baghdad, Sep 13 (IANS) Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Saturday that he has ordered security forces to stop shelling populated areas in all cities that are under the control of militant groups. "I have issued an order two days ago to stop shelling all cities and populated areas even those under the control of the militants, because we don't want more casualties among in**cent people," Abadi, who is also the commander-in-chief of Iraqi forces, said at a conference for displaced people in Iraq's capital Baghdad. UN envoy to Iraq Necholay Mlade**v, who attended the conference, welcomed Abadi's move to protect civilians. More than 895 people were killed and some 2,625 others wounded in the militants-seized city of Fallujah, some 50 km west of Baghdad.
09-15-2014, 08:16 AM
Fighting IS: Iraq PM orders halt to shelling of civilian areas
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