Baghdad: Iraqi forces have retaken almost all of Tal Afar, Islamic State`s stronghold in the country`s northwest, the Iraqi military said in a statement on Sunday.
Fighting was ongoing in al-`Ayadiya, a small area just outside the city. Iraqi forces were waiting to retake the city`s surrounding areas to declare a complete victory.
Tal Afar was the latest objective in the US-backed war on the jihadist group following the recapture in July of Mosul, where it declared its self-proclaimed caliphate over parts of Iraq and Syria in 2014.
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