Iraq bombing Islamic State-held Tal Afar ahead of assault: Iraqi military spokesman
A general view of Tal Afar west of Mosul, Iraq November 18, 2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani/ ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi forces are carrying out air strikes on Tal Afar, a town held by Islamic State west of Mosul, in preparation for a ground assault, an Iraqi military spokesman said on Tuesday. Islamic State's self-proclaimed caliphate effectively collapsed last month, when U.S.-backed Iraqi forces completed the recapture of Mosul, the militants' capital in northern Iraq, after a nine-month campaign. Parts of Iraq and Syria remain however ...
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