Iraqi warplanes carried out air strikes Tuesday against ISIL positions in Tal Afar in preparation for a ground assault to retake the town near the Syrian border, the military said. Tal Afar is the main remaining ISIL stronghold in northern Iraq, after the capture by Iraqi forces in July of ...
Iraqi Vice President, Nouri Al-Maliki said the victory over ISIL in Mosul was an achievement of the Iraqi army and people’s militias, not of the United States. “They [the United States] say, and I regret this and reject this, that the victory is their achievement because they led this war, ...
