Battle for Tal Afar: Iraqi Army Retakes 3rd Neighborhood of Daesh-Held District
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The Iraqi military retook the third neighborhood of Tal Afar district within the operation aimed at liberation of Northern Iraq district from Daesh [the Arabic acronym for the Takfiri ‘ISIS/ISIL' group], local media reported Wednesday.
Meanwhile, commander of the battle for Tal Afar, Gen. Abul-Amir Yarullah, said in a statement that the Iraqi army jointly with the Popular Mobilization Forces [Hashd al-Sha'abi] had retaken the district's eastern Al-Tanak neighborhood, the Anadolu news agency reported.
The Iraqi troops now control over 70 percent of Tal Afar's southwestern Al-Jazeera neighborhood.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Anadolu news agency reported that the Iraqi forces captured two neighborhoods of the district of Tal Afar - western Al-Kefah al-Shamali neighborhood and eastern Al-Nour neighborhood.
On Sunday, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi announced the beginning of the military offensive aimed at retaking Tal Afar, which is located 30 miles away from recently liberated Mosul.
Tal Afar is the last major stronghold of the Daesh terrorists on the border of Iraq with Syria.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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