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June 8th, 2015 
David Schulberg According to Press TV, the Defense Ministry made the announcement on Sunday.
Brigadier General Tahseen Ibrahim, a Spokesman for the Iraqi Defense Ministry, said “Forces have cleansed and are in control completely of government complex, city center, Fatah mosque (main mosque) and surrounding neighborhoods.”
The commander of the Interior Ministry’s Quick Reaction Forces, Brigadier General Nassir al-Fartousi, also said the Iraqi flag has been raised on a local government building in the city in Salahuddin Province.
Representatives of volunteer forces fighting with the Iraqi army have also confirmed that the entire city has been liberated.
Reports say ISIL terrorists have fled toward Mosul.
Baiji, which lies north of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, is located on a main road to the northern ISIL-held city of Mosul, the country’s second largest city.
Baiji fell to ISIL terrorists last year, but Iraqi forces later managed to regain control over parts of the city and the oil refinery.
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Source Article from http://english.irib.ir/news/world/west-asia/item/210837-iraq-recaptures-baiji-from-isil-defense-ministry
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