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Shi’ite fighters ride on a tank heading toward the airport of Tal Afar during a battle with ISIS militants in Tal Afar west of Mosul, Iraq, November 16, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer

Clashes Intensify in Tal Afar as Liberation Comes Near

by Said Al-Abyad | Jul 30, 2017 | Middle East

Erbil, Ankara – Despite international requests that Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) do not participate in Tal Afar liberation operation, Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi reiterated on Saturday that popular and tribal forces will be part of that. Speaking at a...

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PMF carry weapons during a battle with ISIS in Tal Afar, west of Mosul, Iraq. (Reuters)

Signs of Regional and Local Conflicts in Iraq’s Tal Afar

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 8, 2017 | Middle East

Baghdad– The Iraqi government has received a message from the US embassy concerning the liberation of Tal Afar, Iranian news agency, IRNA, reported, but Nineveh MP Sajida al-Afandi said the move has political motives aiming to pressure the government to allow the...

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Displaced Iraqi people flee their homes, during the battle against Islamic State militants, at the district of al-Mamoun in Mosul, Iraq, March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani – RTS10YEE

No Exit for ISIS in Mosul

by Dalshad Abdullah | Mar 2, 2017 | Middle East

Mosul – Iraqi forces tightened the noose on ISIS members in Mosul Wednesday after controlling the road leading to Tal Afar, the last exit used by militants to escape the city. Meanwhile, the Iraqi Ministry of Migration and Displacement said Wednesday that the...

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An Iraqi man who fled with his family the fighting between Iraqi forces and ISIS militants, walks next to his tractor and belongings as he waits to cross to the Kurdish controlled area, in an open field in the Nineveh plain, northeast of Mosul, Iraq, Friday, Nov. 18, 2016.

Mosul Areas Shelled as Iraq Steps up Fight against ISIS

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Dec 5, 2016 | Middle East

Internationally-backed Iraqi forces have begun shelling parts of west Mosul. The offensive has been reported by local residents. Preparative attacks are carried out for opening up a new front against hardline militant group ISIS, seven weeks into a difficult campaign...

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Iraqi Special Forces 2nd division soldiers come under fire from ISIS while running across an intersection as they try to push forward in the Karkukli neighbourhood of Mosul on November 13, 2016. Odd ANDERSEN / AFP

Advisor to Kurdistan President: Maliki Wants Mosul Battle to Fail

by Fahed al-Thiyabee | Nov 14, 2016 | Middle East

Riyadh– Kefah Mahmoud Senjari, the advisor to President of Kurdistan Region Masoud Barzani, said that the liberation of Mosul city will be a strike to former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. He accused Maliki of negligence which led to ISIS’ thrust into Nineveh...