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Over 2,000 IS militants killed in Tal Afar

BAGHDAD - Iraqi forces killed over 2,000 Islamic State militants and more than 50 suicide bombers during a major offensive to free Tal Afar area in west of Mosul, the Iraqi military said on Saturday. ...
Xinhua

Iraqi forces enter 1st neighborhood in IS-held Tal Afar

Iraqi government forces advance towards the city of Tal Afar, the main remaining stronghold of the Islamic State group, after the government announced the beginning of an operation to retake it from ...
Xinhua

Iraqi forces push further to surround IS-held Tal Afar

BAGHDAD, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi forces battling Islamic State (IS) militants on Monday seized more villages and strategic areas as they continue push to besiege the IS redoubt in the town of Tal ...
BBC

Q&A: Ethiopia's Afar region

The killing of five foreign tourists in north-west Ethiopia has again drawn international attention to one of the most remote and lawless parts of the world. Four other people were kidnapped in the ...
Al Jazeera English

Thousands flee before Tal Afar ground invasion

Thousands of Iraqis continued to stream into the country’s Kurdish region, as government forces prepare for a ground offensive in a northern area controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ...
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

'Surrender Or Die': Iraqi Forces Begin Battle To Retake Tal Afar From Islamic State

Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi says his country’s forces have begun the offensive to recapture the city of Tal Afar, one of the final areas held by the Islamic State (IS) extremist group. Abadi ...
Stars and Stripes

U.S. troops working to keep Tal Afar low-key

TAL AFAR, Iraq –— First Lt. John Rebolj’s day on Friday wasn’t the stuff of which war movies are made. Rebolj, the Blue Platoon leader for Company M, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, met ...
American Enterprise Institute

Don’t Exaggerate Shiite Militia Threat

Shi’ite militias are heavily engaged in the fight against the Islamic State and, alongside more mainstream units in the Iraqi army as well as Kurdish peshmerga, are advancing on territory formerly ...
PBS

U.S. says Iraqi forces ready for next battle against Islamic State extremists

BAGHDAD — Senior U.S. military leaders said Friday that Iraqi forces are largely set for their next major campaign against Islamic State extremists after closing out the wrenching nine-month battle to ...
India.com

Over 2,000 IS militants killed in Iraq’s Tal Afar

Baghdad, Sep 3 (IANS) The Iraqi forces killed over 2,000 Islamic State (IS) militants and more than 50 suicide bombers during a major offensive to free Tal Afar area in west of Mosul, officials said. ...
BBC Africa

Q&A: Ethiopia's Afar community

Diplomatic efforts to free five British citizens feared kidnapped in the far north of Ethiopia have focused media attention on one of the most desolate parts of the world. The abductions took place ...