Brigadier General reports that Iraqi government forces liberated city of Tal Afar from ISIL militants. Iraqi city of Tal Afar has been fully liberated from militants of ISIL terrorist group, told to Sputnik Major General Najim Abed al-Jubouri, commander of the Nineveh operations center on Saturday. “On the [Tal Afar] ...
Iraqi forces were Sunday on the verge of fully recapturing the city of Tal Afar after driving ISIL terrorists from the center of one of their last urban strongholds in the country. Counter terrorism units have taken control of the center of the city, which includes its historic Ottoman citadel. ...