Iraqi security forces on Tuesday regained full control of a western town that was attacked by ISIL group militants two days earlier, officials said. Seeking to draw attention away from an offensive to retake the city of Mosul, ISIL struck the town of Rutba in the country’s west and Kirkuk ...
Iraqi paramilitary forces have been ordered to retake the town of Tal Afar and prevent ISIL Takfiri groupfrom fleeing west from Mosul towards Syria, a spokesman said Tuesday. The Hashed al-Shaabi or Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), an umbrella organization for the paramilitary volunteer forces, has played major roles in previous ...
