Iraq begins battle to retake Tal Afar, IS bastion near Mosul: PM
Iraqi government forces drive down a road leading to Tal Afar on June 9, 2017, before the official start of the assault to retake the town from the Islamic State group (AFP Photo/MOHAMED EL-SHAHED)/ Baghdad (AFP) - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced early Sunday the start of a battle to retake Tal Afar, a key Northern Iraqi bastion of the Islamic State (IS) group and one of their last remaining strongholds in the region. The announcement comes a month after the capture by Iraqi forces of second city Mosul further east in a major ...
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