Tal Afar [1] (Arabic: تَلْعَفَر, romanized: Talʿafar, IPA: [talˈʕafar] Turkish: Telafer) is a city in the Nineveh Governorate of northwestern Iraq, located 63 km (39 mi) west of Mosul, [2] 52 km (32 …

The Battle of Tal Afar also known as Operation Restoring Rights [5] was a military offensive conducted by the United States Army and supported by Iraqi forces, to eliminate Al Qaeda in …

By 25 August, Iraqi forces in the Tal Afar area captured over 30 neighborhoods and killed more than 300 IS militants, while also breaching the IS defense lines in the center of Tal Afar. A …

Aug 26, 2017 · Iraqi forces have now seized control of most of the strategically significant city of Tal Afar from ISIS, the Iraqi Joint Military Command said Saturday.

Apr 3, 2006 · Tal Afar is an ancient city of a quarter-million inhabitants, situated on a smuggling route in the northwestern desert of Iraq, near the Syrian border. In January, when I visited, the...

Aug 2, 2021 · Almost four years after the liberation of Nineveh’s Tal Afar district from ISIS control, feelings of marginalization, neglect and exclusion persist among communities in the region, …

Oct 19, 2016 · Tal Afar was a strategic insurgent-held city along the highway by which weapons and drugs entered Iraq from Syria. The green arrows represent the U.S. Army’s 3rd Armored …

Nov 1, 2016 · In essence, Tal Afar was the guarantor of ISIS’s strategic depth, giving it opportunities to move forces and material as needed. But Tal Afar would also prove important …

Nov 14, 2016 · Tal Afar has played a major role in the wars in Iraq since 2003. The city experienced cycles of sectarian violence between Sunni and Shia Turkmen well before the …

Sep 1, 2017 · TAL AFAR, Iraq — An airstrike left a crater the size of a tennis court in one neighborhood. Artillery punched a gaping hole in the minaret of the city’s main mosque. Some …