BREAKING NEWS

Iraqi forces make fresh gains in Tal Afar anti-ISIS offensive

By REUTERS

AUGUST 24, 2017 18:56

ERBIL, Iraq - Iraqi forces made further gains in their offensive to dislodge Islamic State from Tal Afar, seizing five more villages on the eastern and southern outskirts of the city, the military said on Thursday.

In the fifth day of their onslaught, Iraqi forces continued to encircle jihadists holding out in the city in far northwestern Iraq close to the Syrian border, according to statements from the Iraqi joint operations command.

Within the city limits, Iraqi forces captured three more neighborhoods - al-Nour and al-Mo'allameen in the east and al-Wahda in the west, taking over several strategic buildings in the process.

The advances were the latest in the campaign to rout the militants from one of their last remaining strongholds in Iraq, three years after they seized wide swathes of the north and west in a shock offensive. On Tuesday, the army and counter-terrorism units broke into Tal Afar from the east and south.

The main forces taking part in the offensive are the Iraqi army, air force, Federal Police, the elite U.S.-trained Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) and some units from the Shi'ite Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) that began encircling the city on Sunday.

Syrian forces suffer 14 fatalities in Tartous clashes

By REUTERS

12/26/2024 12:31 AM

Trump nominates Miami-Dade official as ambassador to Panama

By REUTERS

12/25/2024 10:51 PM

Bethlehem municipality downplays Christmas celebrations

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

12/25/2024 10:33 PM

IDF strikes Hamas terrorists in Gaza City area

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

12/25/2024 09:31 PM