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Islamic State's stronghold Tal Afar about to fall

 Iraqi forces are about to take full control of Tal Afar, Daesh (ISIS)'s stronghold in northwestern Iraq, in a swift campaign against the outnumbered, exhausted militants, an Iraqi military spokesman said Saturday. The quick collapse of Daesh in Tal Afar, a breeding ground for extremist...

500 families flee Iraq’s ISIS-held Tal Afar for Syria

Roughly 500 families have fled Iraq’s Daesh-held Tal Afar district to next-door Syria in recent days amid an ongoing Iraqi army campaign to capture the district, a local military official said Friday. “Since the army launched its campaign to liberate Tal Afar, around 500 families have...