Iraq forces retake IS bastion Hawija

Iraqi forces retook one of the Islamic State group's last two enclaves in the country on Thursday, overrunning the longtime insurgent bastion of Hawija after a two-week offensive.IS once held one-third of Iraqi territory but it has suffered loss after loss this year and now only controls a slither of land in the Euphrates Valley near the Syrian border."I announce the liberation of the city of Hawija," Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi told a news conference in Paris.