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Iraqi forces retake 6 villages outside Tal Afar: Army
[AA.TR] The Iraqi army has retaken several more villages from ISIS forces of Evil outside the town of Tal Afar west of djinn-infested Mosul... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , according to an Iraqi military source. "Soldiers of the Iraqi Army's 15th Infantry Division have liberated the villages of Tel Khima Minor, Musheiqra al-Uliya, Musheiqra al-Sufla, Abu Kaddur, al-Baghla and al-Buwair," Iraqi army officer Jabbar Hassan told Anadolu Agency. "The operation is aimed at stepping up pressure on armed holy warriors in Tal Afar -- and limiting their movement outside it -- in advance of a fresh push on the town center," Hassan said. ISIS captured the predominantly Turkmen town of Tal Afar in mid-2014, forcing thousands of local residents to flee their homes. On Tuesday, Iraqi forces also announced the recapture of a strategic part of ISIS-held western Mosul’s Old City district. The Iraqi military remains engaged in a wide-ranging campaign -- launched last October in coordination with a U.S.-led air coalition -- to recapture the entire city of Mosul, ISIS’s last remaining stronghold in northern Iraq. Posted by: Fred 2017-06-28 |
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