Iraqi PM Abadi declares victory over IS in Tal Afar

ERBIL/BAGHDAD - 31 Aug 2017: Iraqi Prime Minister Hayder al-Abadi declared victory over Islamic State militants in Tal Afar and the entire province of Nineveh on Wednesday.

"Tal Afar has been liberated," Abadi said in a statement. "We say to the Islamic State fighters: wherever you are, we are coming for you and you have no choice but to surrender or die."