Elders and Elders sign a document of peaceful coexistence

[miquel]

45 minutes ago, navira45 said:

He/Jesus that the liberation of Tal Afar will not take more than a week. He is right of course. Pray some more. Later

So you are still feeling currency changes are imminent, ie by month's end? Are u in ongoing contact with spirit/Jesus and is that why you have such confidence? Thanks Navira45

[navira45]

Miquel, yes...it will not make it to the end of this month.I know there are bunch of you who are unbelievers. Pray that iam right. Dont forget the unfortunate ones. Later.

[tigergorzow]

Iraqi Army Preparing to Declare Conclusion of Tal Afar Battle

 

The Iraqi forces have begun the mopping-up operations in the district

Basnews English

26/08/2017 - 15:37

Iraq

 

 

 

TAL AFAR — Iraqi forces have begun the mopping-up operations in the district of Tal Afar, preparing to officially pronounce the district free.

An officer in the Joint Operations Command announced on Saturday the liberation of six new areas in Tal Afar district, northwest of Mosul.

Colonel Khalid al-Jawari told BasNews "the joint forces of the federal police and the army have taken control of six neighborhoods, including Qadisiyah First, Qadisiyah Second, Muthana First, Muthana Ssecond, al-Orubah, al-Salam and Tal Afar General Hospital, after violent clashes with the Islamic State (IS) militants on Saturday.

The clashes resulted in the death of over 40 IS militants and capturing of 10 others.

The troops continue the raids and search operations for the remaining militants, he said, adding “the engineering effort continues to destroy the booby traps and improvised explosive devices on the main streets."

He noted "the security forces are preparing to break into the remaining residential neighborhoods in the center of the district," pointing out that IS has militarily collapsed in Tal Afar.

 

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/iraq/373797

[tigergorzow]

First Journalist Killed While Covering Tel Afar Operation

 

Basnews English

26/08/2017 - 17:52

Iraq

 

 

 

TEL AFAR — The first Iraqi journalist, covering the ongoing anti-Islamic State (IS) operation in Tel Afar, lost his life on Saturday.

Sajjad Abid Ajel, a photojournalist working with Karbala News Channel, was killed by an IS-planted Improvised Explosive Device (IED), reads a statement by Iraq’s observatory group for freedom of press.

Tel Afar assault was launched by the Iraqi government forces on 20th August. Since then, the army has reportedly liberated over 70% of the strategic town which is located some 65 kilometres west to Mosul, northern Iraq.

The army has said that full victory over the jihadists and complete liberation of Tel Afar is just imminent.

 

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/iraq/373841

[tigergorzow]

Tel Afar Operation: 10,000 Civilian IDPs Registered by Government

 

Basnews English

26/08/2017 - 18:11

Iraq

 

 

 

ERBIL — The Iraqi government announced on Saturday it has registered 10,000 displaced civilians from the town of Tel Afar (located about 65 kilometers west of Mosul) after the start of the operation against the Islamic State (IS) in the area. 

According to the head of the Ministry of Migration and Displacement Department in Nineveh, Khaled al-Obaidi, only 10,000 people have fled Tel Afar, after the Iraqi forces launched an operation against the IS militants in the town. Obaidi further explained that the number is significantly small and most of the civilians have fled towards neighboring Turkey, IraqiNews reported. 

Earlier on Saturday, the Iraqi forces announced that they have begun the "mopping-up" operations in Tel Afar, in preparation of declaring the town completely liberated. 

Colonel Khalid al-Jawari told BasNews that after a series of violent clashes, the Iraqi forces have now fully recaptured six  neighborhoods including Qadisiyah First, Qadisiyah Second, Muthana First, Muthana Second, al-Orubah, a-Salam and Tel Afar's General Hospital. 

The town was captured by the IS insurgents back in June 2014, when the extremist group first emerged in Iraq and declared its self-proclaimed "caliphate." 

The clashes resulted in the death of over 40 IS militants and capturing of 10 others.

The troops continue the raids and search operations for the remaining militants, he said, adding “the engineering effort continues to destroy the booby traps and improvised explosive devices on the main streets."

He noted "the security forces are preparing to break into the remaining residential neighborhoods in the center of the district," pointing out that IS has militarily collapsed in Tel Afar.

 

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/iraq/373845

[tigergorzow]

Iraqi Army Retakes Citadel Neighborhood in Centre of Tal Afar

70 percent of the district has been liberated from IS

Basnews English

26/08/2017 - 14:43

Iraq

 

 

 

 

TAL AFAR — Iraqi forces have cleared 70 percent of Tal Afar district, 70 km west of Mosul, from the Islamic State (IS) militants, including its central citadel neighborhood, sources from the army said on Saturday.

According to the Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari who spoke at a press conference in Baghdad, the Iraqi forces have recaptured 70 percent of Tal Afar district.

The Iraqi Joint Operations Command said that the Counter Terrorism Service retook control of the citadel neighborhood in the centre of the district.

Moreover, the Commander of Nineveh Operations, Abdul Amir Yaralla, said on Friday that the troops have so far retaken 16 neighbourhoods in Tel Afar.

According to military sources, the offensive of Tal Afar will conclude within the next few days.

The operation to clear the city from the IS militants began on August 20. Ever since, the Iraqi troops have made rapid territorial gains against the militant group which has invaded the city in 2014.

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/iraq/373769

[tigergorzow]

Official Blames Baghdad for Ignoring Yezidi Captives in Tal Afar

 

Leyla H. Sherwani

26/08/2017 - 17:27

Kurdistan

 

 

 

 

ERBIL— Hundreds of Yezidi captives are still missing in Tal Afar because Baghdad had no plans to liberate them, said a related official on Saturday.

Hussein Qaedi, whose office in Duhok has so far freed thousands of Yezidi abductees in Iraq and Syria with the support of the Kurdistan Regional Government, told BasNews they had demanded Baghdad to carry out a special operation to liberate the Yezidis as soon as it launches Tal Afar operation.

The official blamed Baghdad for overlooking the demand, urging the Iraqi government to "take action seriously" to locate and free the Yezidi captives in Tal Afar.    

On Saturday afternoon, the Iraqi forces announced the center of the town of Tal Afar, 70 km west of Mosul, was liberated.

Many Yezidis were said to have been transferred to Tal Afar soon after the major operation against the Islamic State (IS) began in October 2016.

Hundreds had already been moved from their original areas in Sinjar and its vicinity to Tal Afar after IS occupation in August 2014.

 

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/kurdistan/373834

[tigergorzow]

80 bodies uncovered in mass grave in Tal Afar

August 26 2017 05:34 PM

80 bodies uncovered in Mass grave in Tal Afar

 

 

Iraqi security forces uncovered over 80 bodies in a mass grave in Tal Afar town in Nineveh governorate, a security source said on Saturday.

 

The bodies belong to civilians and security personnel who were executed by ISIS terrorists, according to the source.

 

The source added that their remains were moved to the forensic department to be identified and delivered to their relatives for proper burials.

 

This comes as the US-backed Iraqi security forces, supported by Iranian-backed Shiite militias launched "We Are Coming, Nineveh" operations to oust ISIS terrorists from Tal Afar, their last stronghold in Iraq.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/16197/80-bodies-uncovered-in-mass-grave-in-Tal-Afar

[tigergorzow]

PM media office denies Abadi's arrival in Tal Afar to declare victory

August 26 2017 01:36 PM

PM' media office denies Abadi's arrival in Tal Afar

Iraqi Prime minister's media office has denied Saturday the arrival of  PM Haider Al-Abadi in Tal Afar in preparation for declaring the victory over ISIS in the city.

The statement added that this news is false and Abadi has not visited Tal Afar yet.

Earlier, Iraqi media outlets have claimed that Abadi had arrived in operations' headquarters in Tal Afar.

The offensive to recapture Tal Afar from ISIS terrorists started on Saturday amid support from the US-led coalition.  It is expected that the battle for retaking Tal Afar from ISIS grip will last for few weeks as it is a big city.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/16184/PM-media-office-denies-Abadi-s-arrival-in-Tal-Afar-to-declare-victory

[tigergorzow]

Exclusive: US foils ISIS attack on Peshmerga positions in Tal Afar

August 26 2017 01:41 PM

US forces

 

 

US-led coalition warplanes on Saturday foiled an ISIS attack on Peshmerga positions in Tal Afar, a security source told the Baghdad Post on Saturday.

As many as 40 ISIS suicide bombers attacked Peshmerga positions at al-Ayadia neighbourhood in Tal Afar, the source added on condition of anonymity.

The Peshmerga forces clashed with ISIS terrorists in an attempt to impede their advance until US-led coalition warplanes came and targeted their vehicles, the source further said.

On Sunday, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Iraqi security forces launched on Sunday an offensive to take back the city of Tal Afar, their next objective in the US-backed campaign to defeat ISIS terrorists.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/16186/Exclusive-US-foils-ISIS-attack-on-Peshmerga-positions-in-Tal-Afar

[tigergorzow]

Peshmerga forces' mission in Tal Afar battle is 'ineffectual' - MP

August 26 2017 11:56 AM

Peshmerga forces' mission in Tal Afar battle is 'ineffectual' - MP

 

Peshmerga forces help the Iraqi forces in preventing ISIS terrorists' fleeing from Tal Afar, MP Majed Al Gharawi said Saturday.

 

He added that Peshmerga forces' mission in the battle of retaking Tal Afar from ISIS grip is ineffectual as the Joint Command Operation is mainly responsible for the commanding of all forces engaging in the battle.

The offensive to recapture Tal Afar from ISIS terrorists started on Saturday amid support from the US-led coalition.  It is expected that the battle for retaking Tal Afar from ISIS grip will last for few weeks as it is a big city.          

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/16180/Peshmerga-forces-mission-in-Tal-Afar-battle-is-ineffectual-MP

[tigergorzow]

9 IS Leaders, Including a Russian National, Killed in Kirkuk

 

Basnews English

26/08/2017 - 14:51

Iraq

 

 

 

KIRKUK — Nine leaders of the Islamic State (IS) organization, including a Russian national, were killed during an air raid of the US-led Global Coalition in south-west of Kirkuk Province.

Local sources confirmed on Saturday the death of nine IS leaders, including a person of Russian nationality, by the US-led coalition’s warplanes in south-west of the Kirkuk Province.

The coalition’s air force bombed a site where a number of IS leaders had gathered in the village of Rummanah in Hawija district, the last IS stronghold in Kirkuk.

According to the initial reports, nine leaders of the extremist organization, including Abu Muslim al-Rusi, a leader with Russian nationality who had moved from Nineveh to Hawija.

The sources noted that the air strike also destroyed a number of vehicle and a tactical unit belonging to the group.

 

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/iraq/373775

[tigergorzow]

Iraq says ISIS about to collapse in Tal Afar

August 26 2017 09:13 PM

Tal Afar operations

Iraqi forces said Saturday they were about to fully control Tal Afar in western Mosul, the last stronghold of ISIS terrro group in Iraq, Reuetrs reorted.

 

A week ago, US-led Iraqi forces have launched an offensive to retake Tal Afar afetr the recapture of Mosul in early July.

ISIS declared its self-proclaimed caliphate over parts of Iraq and Syria in 2014.

Tal Afar was cut off from the rest of ISIS-held territory in June and the campaign to recapture it started on Aug. 20, when up to 2,000 terrroists were believed to be defending it against around 50,000 attackers, according to western military sources.

 

“Tal Afar city is about to fall completely into the hands of our forces, only five percent remains” under ISIS control, an Iraqi military spokesman told Reuters.

Elite forces had liberated the heart of the city “and raised the national flag on top of the citadel building,” a statement from the Iraqi joint operations command said.

Much of the Ottoman-era building was destroyed by the militants in 2014.

Such a quick collapse of ISIS which has been a breeding ground for terror groups, would confirm Iraqi military reports that the militants lack command and control structures west of
Mosul.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/16211/Iraq-says-ISIS-about-to-collapse-in-Tal-Afar

[tigergorzow]

Iraqi forces recapture most of Tal Afar from ISIL (Video in link)

Iraqi army commanders say troops are making steady gains against ISIL fighters in the battle for Tal Afar. They claim to have secured 70 percent of the city.

Iraqi army commanders say troops are making steady gains against ISIL fighters in the battle for Tal Afar.

They claim to have secured 70 percent of the city. However, there are tensions between the US-led coalition and Shia militias fighting alongside Iraqi security forces.

Al Jazeera's Osama Bin Javaid report from Erbil.

 

http://www.aljazeera.com/video/news/2017/08/iraqi-forces-recapture-tal-afar-isil-170826152139956.html

Edited August 26, 2017 by tigergorzow

[Synopsis]

2 hours ago, tigergorzow said:

Syn Thanks,  Truly appreciate the updated Map.  The forces are moving very quickly and from an earlier article they did mentiion the Liberation of Tal Afar would take about 10 days.

 

GO Liberation 

 

GO RV / RI

 

I really appreciate all the articles You bring over, TigerGorZow! 

 

The Best Of Your Weekend To You, TigerGorZow and All DV! 

 

Go Moola Nova!

[nannab]

You also Synopsis.!

[Synopsis]

6 minutes ago, nannab said:

You also Synopsis.!

 

 NannaB!

[Wiljor]

Cornered in Raqqa: The Last Days of Islamic State

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Raja Abdulrahim11 hrs ago

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Syrians Escape as Raqqa Crumbles

 

 

 

RAQQA, Syria—Before launching the battle to capture Islamic State’s de facto capital, the U.S.-led military coalition dropped leaflets calling on extremists to surrender. On the ground, militants were going door to door, demanding that residents pay their utility bills.

 

Islamic State, long bent on expanding its religious empire with shocking brutality in the form of public executions, crucifixions and whippings, is desperately focused on its own survival.

Raqqa has been a crucial part of the terror group’s self-declared caliphate. Until a few months ago, public squares were lined with decomposing bodies of those who had run afoul of Islamic State’s religious rules or bureaucracy.

Instead of ruthlessly enforcing no-smoking decrees and dress codes, though, militants now are doing whatever they can to hold on to areas still controlled by the group—and revenue needed to help keep Islamic State afloat financially.

They are so preoccupied that some women in Raqqa dare to uncover their faces in public. A few men defiantly smoke in the streets and shave their beards, current and former residents say.

When the call to prayer sounds from mosques, some residents no longer bother to go. Islamic State used to force shops to close and people to pray.

Women accused of violating Islamic State’s strict dress code were once whipped. In May, though, militants released two women unharmed after they were forced to buy new robes and all-covering face veils sold by Islamic State’s religious police for 10,000 Syrian pounds each, or a total of about $40, says Dalaal Muhammad, a sister and aunt of the women.

© AHMED DEEB for The Wall Street JournalMs. Muhammad, 37 years old, says her sister had to beg a family member to borrow the $40 from friends.

“They didn’t even have enough to buy bread,” she said at a camp for displaced Syrians, wearing sandals held together by twine. “They just wanted to get the money quickly because we were running out of time” to flee Raqqa.

An estimated 25,000 civilians remain trapped in Raqqa under Islamic State control, according to the United Nations, and more than 230,000 people have fled Raqqa and its suburbs since early April. On Thursday, the U.N. called for a pause in the assault so civilians can escape.

Fighters for the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, which is leading the assault to oust Islamic State from Raqqa, say on some days they have helped dozens of civilians reach safety. Other days, no one makes it out. Militants execute smugglers helping civilians flee and those accused of collaborating with the U.S.-led coalition.

The Pentagon has estimated there are fewer than 2,500 Islamic State militants left in the city, down from about 4,500.

Militants spent months girding for the long-anticipated assault before it began in June. They dug extensive tunnels beneath streets and homes, set up snipers’ nests and planted improvised explosive devices everywhere to stop people from fleeing.

“They wanted us as human shields,” says Obaida Matraan, 33 years old, a taxi driver who escaped with his family one night just before the battle began. They carried a piece of white fabric to wave as they approached the SDF.

Before the escape, he saw on public display the bodies of executed men with signs that said “smuggler” as “a warning to others,” recalls Mr. Matraan.

In early 2014, Raqqa was the first city in Syria or Iraq to fall under Islamic State’s complete control. The group has lost about 60% of the territory it held in January 2015, including its former Iraqi stronghold of Mosul, according to analysts at IHS Markit Ltd.’s Conflict Monitor.

Even as the self-declared caliphate crumbles, Islamic State has continued to claim responsibility for deadly terror attacks around the world, including in Spain last week, in a bid to project power.

The SDF has encircled Raqqa and says it has seized more than half the area of the city. But militants are capable of striking behind the coalition’s front lines and are scrambling to hoard the little food and water left in areas they control. Much of Raqqa remains a battlefield.

The ground advance by the SDF has been aided by coalition airstrikes. At least 465 civilians have likely been killed in those airstrikes since the battle began, independent monitoring group Airwars reported. 

The U.S.-led coalition said it investigates civilian casualties. Monthly reports released by the coalition show far lower estimates of civilian casualties.

Syrian activist groups estimate that at least dozens more civilians were killed during the past week. Civilians still in Raqqa say the airstrikes seem indiscriminate and kill more civilians than militants, who hide out in tunnels.

At the height of Islamic State’s control, life in Raqqa and elsewhere in the group’s territory was dictated by so many laws on everyday life that residents struggled to keep track of them.

Banned items ranged from men’s skinny jeans (too Western and provocative) to canned mushrooms (made with preservatives) to bologna (because the group said it contained pork).

Enforcement slackened as the Syrian Democratic Forces advanced toward Raqqa through the Syrian countryside and eventually surrounded the city, according to residents who fled recently.

Checkpoints thinned out as Islamic State leaders and many militant fighters abandoned the city and headed to the eastern province of Deir Ezzour, residents said. The group still holds much territory in the oil-rich region and is expected to make its last stand there.

People who have left Raqqa say militants suddenly seemed to care much more about money than morals. Islamic State’s revenue—from oil production and smuggling, taxation and confiscation, and kidnapping ransoms—is down 80% in the past two years, IHS Conflict Monitor estimates.

For months, Islamic State ordered businesses and residents to use only the caliphate’s own currency of gold and silver coins, current and former residents said. The move forced people to trade in their U.S. dollars and Syrian pounds to Islamic State, which wanted those currencies as its territory shrinks.

Mr. Matraan, the taxi driver, says Islamic State made him pay $30 for water, electricity and a landline telephone bill just weeks before his family fled.

“They would go to people’s homes and demand payment,” said Mr. Matraan, who wore a San Jose Sharks cap under the searing sun at a camp for displaced Syrians in Ain Issa, a city north of Raqqa. “In the end, their main concern was money.”

Abdulmajeed Omar, 27, says militants began fining those caught violating Islamic State’s smoking ban, rather than jailing or whipping them. Being caught with a pack of cigarettes brought a $25 fine. The fine for a carton of cigarettes was $150.

“They didn’t bother with poor people,” says Mr. Omar, who fled Raqqa before the battle and returned with the Kurdish YPG militia to fight Islamic State.

Before Ms. Muhammad fled the city, militants spent a month digging a tunnel underneath her home in the eastern neighborhood of al-Mashlab, she said. Like many of her neighbors, Ms. Muhammad was afraid to ask them what they were doing.

Inside one house in al-Mashlab, which has since been captured by SDF forces, a tunnel opening cut through the living-room floor. The fighters filled the hole with broken furniture because they weren’t sure where the tunnel led.

“We are suffering from snipers and tunnels,” said Dirghash, a Kurdish YPG commander on the city’s eastern front line who wouldn’t give his last name. “The tunnels are all in civilian homes, and we suddenly find [Islamic State militants] popping up behind us.”

On the western side of Raqqa, a warning painted in silver on the metal shutters of a motorcycle shop simply read: “There are mines.”

In captured neighborhoods, the walls already are covered with new graffiti by the YPG, the Syrian Kurdish militia that is the dominant group in the Syrian Defense Forces. Every conquering force that has swept through Raqqa since the Syrian conflict began more than six years ago has left its mark with cans of paint.

A hot summer breeze ruffled bed sheets hanging from doorways. The sheets were in keeping with Islamic State’s decree to provide an extra barrier to prevent outsiders from seeing women inside their homes.

Outnumbered and outgunned, militants have turned their brutality on to civilians in Raqqa trying at last to escape from Islamic State.

Earlier this month, a 12-year-old boy named Abdullah said his family had tried twice to flee but was caught by militants.

The first time, a Chechen fighter for Islamic State said he would arrest them unless they returned home. The second time, they were told: “If you try to leave again, we’ll slaughter all of you.”

Abdullah said the death threat came from a Chinese militant. His younger brother, Abdulrahman, interrupted: “He was a Pakistani.”

The two boys debated the various ethnicities of Islamic State fighters who had helped turn their hometown into a rubble-strewn battleground, its streets lined with charred vehicles and pancaked roofs.

Some militants blocked the family from drinking out of a neighborhood well, claiming they hadn’t paid their water bill.

When the front lines approached the family home in the Old City, Abdullah and eight relatives made another harrowing escape attempt. They spent a hungry, thirsty night dodging militants while coalition warplanes and mortar shells struck. By morning, they spotted a checkpoint for U.S.-backed forces.

As they neared safety, the smuggler helping the family flee stepped on a mine and was “ripped to shreds,” recalled Abdullah.

He didn’t know how many of his siblings were still alive. His wounded father was stuck near the front lines because an Islamic State sniper prevented SDF fighters from pulling him to safety.

When Abdullah arrived in the back of a pickup truck at a villa in al-Mashlab now used as an SDF-run field hospital, his shoes and shirt were gone. He clutched a handful of chocolate bars. He had lost the backpack that he said saved his life by shielding him from shrapnel in the explosion.

Abdullah’s right eye was bruised and swollen shut, gauze wrapped around his head, and his injured leg was propped up near a full ashtray on a sticky coffee table in the hospital’s lobby. Dried blood caked the two brothers’ faces.

Later, a nurse brought them chunks of bologna. It was the first time they had eaten bologna in years.

As he narrated the escape, Abdullah’s mature, emotionless demeanor broke only when a medic was about to clean his wounds, causing the boy to wince and cower in anticipation of the pain.

“Will it burn?” he asked.

Inside a room with a handwritten sign that said “Ambulance,” Abdullah’s mother laid on a stretcher on the floor, yelling deliriously. On a sheet of cardboard nearby was her 1-year-old son, Abdulmumin, who wore only a diaper and a newly wrapped cast on his arm.

“Ayah, Ayah,” the mother called out to her daughter, who held her hand. The mother asked about the fate of another son: “Where’s Alawi?”

“Alawi is alive,” Ayah said to her mother.

“Swear it,” the mother demanded.

“I swear by God,” said Ayah, but she didn’t actually know. She gripped her mother’s hand tighter and lowered her head. Tears streamed down her face.

“Did we make it?” the mother asked.

“Yes,” Ayah assured. “We made it.”

Write to Raja Abdulrahim at raja.abdulrahim@wsj.com

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/cornered-in-raqqa-the-last-days-of-islamic-state/ar-AAqHaXc

[yota691]

Our forces are approaching full liberation of Tal Afar

27/8/2017 1:13 AM  Mosul / Shorouq Maher / Sondos Abdel Wahab  Baghdad / Al-Sabah  On Saturday, our forces came up with all their names to achieve decisive victory after the completion of combat missions in most of the residential neighborhoods of Tal Afar and its areas and raise the Iraqi flags over the archaeological castle and the General Hospital building and landmarks in Tal Afar, while continuing the pieces and engineering effort combing and clearing all streets and houses The liberated city of hidden miners and their remnants of IEDs and booby traps.  Fighting axes of the details   have announced the commander of operations " are coming, Tal Afar , " the team of special forces Gen. Abdul Amir Aarallah, yesterday morning, the federal police forces and popular crowd had completed their tasks in the process of "coming, Tal Afar" within the definitive responsibility northwest of Tal Afar , which includes six districts completed yesterday editing The remaining three are Qadisiyah I, II and Spring, after they liberated the revival of the northern struggle and unity and Saad yesterday.   On the axis of responsibility of the forces of the anti-terrorism forces to the south-west of Tal Afar, the team said that the forces of the device liberated the castle and the orchards Tal Afar and raised the Iraqi flag on the building of the castle, recalling that these forces were released 24 hours ago Reviving the southern struggle and the southern industry and laboratories and teachers and appeal and vanguard.  He pointed out that the Eastern Axis forces are under the responsibility of the Ninth Armored Division, the Al-Abbas [Combat] Brigade, the Imam Ali Brigade, and Ali Ali Al-Akbar Brigade. There are 16 districts in this area. Eight of them were previously liberated, namely Al-Jazeera, Al-Jazeera, The first and the second light, victory and the first Arab, and continued: As witnessed yesterday, the divisions of the 9th Armored Division and brigades 2 and 11, a popular crowd of the liberation of the neighborhoods of peace and good and the Arab and the second and the area of Albuari and Muthanna first and second and control of the building of the hospital in Tall Afar downtown and lift the flags of the Arab Oz them. A statement issued by the military information cell issued yesterday by the team confirmed that the pieces of the 15th Infantry Division mobilized in the popular crowd liberated the villages of Akkabat, Tahra, Ain Salbi, Al-Hamra, Bakhur, Mersha, Mazra and Zamber and imposed full control of Mount Sheikh Ibrahim and the Zamber mountain range. The commander of operations revealed that the divisions of the 16th Infantry Division liberated at the same time the villages of Al-Dabouna, Farms 1, 2, 3 and 4, and the village of Abu Maria, east of Tal Afar, and raised the Iraqi flag. Victory is affordable  The commander of operations "coming to Tal Afar," warned that the military operations continue until the completion of the liberation of Ayadiyah area and surrounding areas north of the city of Tal Afar. While the correspondent of the "morning" the commander of the operations of Nineveh Major General Najm Jubouri, asserting that the announcement of decisive victory in the battle of Tal Afar approached a lot, especially as the city from the military point of view is completely liberated and is currently cleared of the remnants of the lost lives, noting that our troops armed with air force and air The army and the international coalition killed many terrorists in various axes, pointing out that most of the people managed to escape from the control of pre-emptive operations, making it easier for the military units to progress quickly and accomplish the task in record time. Brigadier General Mohammed al-Jubouri, commander of operations, told us that all of our forces had taken full control of all areas, neighborhoods and main streets of Tall Afar district, 60 kilometers west of Mosul. In preparation for the announcement of Tal Afar fully liberated, noting that our forces also raised the Iraqi media over all the buildings of government departments, including the Council of the judiciary and health centers and the Faculty of Tal Afar and the headquarters of Nineveh Alternative.   "The liberated forces, represented by the army, the police, the popular mobilization, the rapid response and the counterterrorism apparatus, have just begun to deal with all the pockets, combing the judiciary completely, arresting dozens of those involved, and dismantling the houses and government buildings bombed by the   defeated occupiers, " Jubouri said. The effectiveness of the popular crowd  According to the Information Directorate of the Popular Forces of the Popular Forces, the cadres of the engineering effort and field engineering of the Commission continues to purge the liberated neighborhoods within the operations of "coming to Tal Afar," and completed the dismantling of dozens of houses and government buildings and bombs removed explosive devices from about 14 km of main streets and subsidiary, That the fourth brigade, a popular crowd, found the largest communications center for gangs calling north-east Tal Afar, but the elements were burned before fleeing to conceal the information. The same brigade also released yesterday the building of the Directorate of Public Citizenship in the city. While the heroes of the second brigade dominated a popular crowd on the buildings of the veterinary and agricultural centers and on the drinking water station in the center of Tal Afar.  The Directorate of Information of the Commission: The forces of the 10th and 11th Brigade mobilized my people met in the center of Tal Afar and control over a number of stores of equipment and weapons left by remnants urged before the defeat.        Edit this girl In the meantime, the officer in the command of the operations of "Come to Tal Afar," Brigadier General Dhon al-Sabawi, the correspondent of the "morning" reported that the military units backed by the popular crowd yesterday found a mass grave containing dozens of remains of civilians and former soldiers killed by terrorists in the district of Tal Afar. That the forces of the 15th Division and the popular crowd found the mass grave, which was composed of 70 victims of gangs and gangs of civilians belonging to the people of Tal Afar and former soldiers killed by the gangs during the conquest of the city. He added that our forces rushed to transfer them all to be identified through the documents in their possession in order to be delivered to their families as soon as possible. He also confirmed that the security forces were able to free the kidnapped Yazidis during the process of cleansing the area glory after being found in one of the houses raped by one of the reasons and will be handed over to her relatives after confirming her personal papers.

[yota691]

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(Details) The announcement of the liberation of all districts of Tal Afar

 

 

 

The commander of operations, Yattalafar, the special forces team, headed by Abdul Amir Rashid Yaarallah, announced on Sunday the liberation of Al-Askari neighborhood, the northern industrial district, the exhibition area, the Tal Afar gate and the village of Rahma. 

In a statement received by the news agency, Yarallah said in a statement that "the 9th Armored Division and my puppets with 9 and 2 of the popular crowd liberated Al-Askari neighborhood, the northern industrial district, the exhibition area, the Tal Afar gate and the village of Rahma.

He added that 'is left from the arena of operations coming Yatlafar only the area of Ayadiyah and the surrounding villages and divisions of the 15th Division, according to 16 currently advancing towards Ayadiyah.

[ChuckFinley]

Just catching up here. Thanks Yota, Wiljor and others for posting. 

[blueskyline]

Great News . Thank You 

[tigergorzow]

Iraqi War Media Cell Declares Complete Liberation of Tel Afar

 

Basnews English

27/08/2017 - 14:16

Iraq

 

 

Iraqi War Media Cell's latest map of Te Afar

 

MOSUL — Iraqi War Media Cell, affiliated with the Joint Operations Command, published a new map showing the complete liberation of Tel Afar city in western Nineveh province.

 

The green color, which represents the liberated areas, covers the whole map of Tel Afar, and it was written on the map that Tel Afar has been liberated.

 

Meanwhile, the Commander of Tel Afar Operations Abdul Amir Rashid Yarallah announced on Sunday, the liberation of all the districts of the city, noting that there is only a small area called Ayadiyah and some surrounding villages.

 

Yarallah said in a statement on Sunday that the 9th Armored Division and Hashd al-Shaabi militia liberated al-Askari neighborhood, the Northern Industrial district, al-Maariz area, Tel Afar Gate and the village of Rahma.

 

"All the neighborhoods of the Tel Afar district have been liberated," Yarallah said, adding Iraqi forces are waiting to retake the city’s surrounding areas to declare full victory.

 

Tel Afar was the first target of the Iraqi military following the liberation of Mosul in July.

 

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/iraq/374026

[tigergorzow]

Abadi to declare recapture of Tal Afar, next areas of operations

August 27 2017 10:05 AM

Abadi to declare recapture of Tal Afar, next areas of operations

 

 

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi will declare the full recapture of Tal Afar town before Eid al-Adha, a commander from joint operations said on Sunday.

 

He added that the operations to recapture western Anbar and Hawija will also be launched in the same time.

In a press statement, he said that the recapture announcement of Tal Afar will be very soon, as ISIS' defense lines were destroyed by the Iraqi forces' advance.

He further added that all the spectrum of military forces, including the Iranian Militias in Iraq and Syria (IMIS) will soon meet with Abadi to decide the next operations areas.

This comes as the US-backed Iraqi security forces, supported by Iranian-backed Shiite militias launched "We Are Coming, Nineveh" operations to oust ISIS terrorists from Tal Afar, their last stronghold in Iraq.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/16220/Abadi-to-declare-recapture-of-Tal-Afar-next-areas-of-operations

[tigergorzow]

Iraqi forces recaptured Tal Afar center

August 27 2017 12:38 PM

Iraqi forces recaptured Tal Afar center

 

 

Iraqi Army's 9th armored division and two brigades from the Iranian Militias in Iraq and Syria (IMIS) have recaptured al-Askari, al-Sena'a al-Shamaleya, al-Ma'ared, Bawabat Tal Afar districts and al-Rahama village in the center of Tal Afar city in Nineveh governorate, We Are Coming, Tal Afar Operations Commander Gen. Abd al-Amir Rashid Yarallah said on Sunday.

He added that only al-Ayadeya district and villages in its vicinity are the only areas left in ISIS' grip in Tal Afar.

Yarallah asserted that Iraqi Army's 15th and 16th divisions are currently marching toward these areas to recapture them.

This comes as the US-backed Iraqi security forces, supported by Iranian-backed Shiite militias launched "We Are Coming, Nineveh" operations to oust ISIS terrorists from Tal Afar, their last stronghold in Iraq.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/16231/Iraqi-forces-recaptured-Tal-Afar-center