Tal Afar
Islamic State claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack in the northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar, the group said on its news agency Amaq on Tuesday.
Iraq Army 15th division controlled two areas and 44 oilfields in Tal Afar area in Ninewa province in northern Iraq.
The 53rd brigade of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) found Saturday a car bomb in central the Iraqi city of Tal Afar, west the city of Mosul.
Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit has welcomed the liberation of the Iraqi city of Tal Afar in Ninawa province.
Iraqi PM Hayder al-Abadi declared victory over Islamic State militants in Tal Afar and the entire province of Nineveh on Thursday.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid on Thursday congratulated Iraq on liberating Tal Afar from terrorist Daesh group.
The US Embassy here congratulated the Iraqi people on liberating Tal Afar and Nineveh from the control of Daesh terrorist group
Iraqi Prime Minister Hayder al-Abadi declared victory over Islamic State militants in Tal Afar and the entire province of Nineveh on Wednesday
40% of Al Ayadya neighborhood in the city of Tal Afar has been liberated, while the army regained control of the village of Qolabash, Iraqi commander said.
Bahrain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed sincere congratulations to Iraq's government and people on the liberation of Tal Afar from Daesh terrorist group
Iraqi armed forces penetrated defense lines of the Islamic State (IS) and announced on Friday they had taken Tal Afar city center
Abdul Ghani al Asadi said on Friday that Iraqi forces recaptured more than 50 percent of the city of Tal Afar in Nineveh governorate held by Daesh
Iraqi forces made fresh gains on Wednesday in an offensive to dislodge Islamic State from the city of Tal Afar.
A security source in Iraqi said on Wednesday that Daesh terrorist group ordered its elements to evacuate and burn all its headquarters in Tal Afar.
Iraqi forces breached on Tuesday the city limits of Tal Afar, an Islamic State stronghold west of Mosul
Iraqi forces have driven out Daesh terrorists from 12 villages in Tal Afar.
Abdul-Amir Yarallah, head of the Nineveh Operations at the Joint Operations Command.
