Recent News Headlines : Tal Afar
ISLAMIC STATE EXPLOITS RAIN TO HIT IRAQI MILITIAS AROUND MOSUL
Islamic State militants have staged near-simultaneous attacks on positions of state-sanctioned militias west and south of Iraq's northern city of Mosul, apparently taking advantage of b... READ MORE›
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France Did the French voters choose a president or the best candidate to stop Marine Le Pen?... READ MORE›
IS TRUCK BOMB IN IRAQ SOWS CARNAGE AMONG SHIITE PILGRIMS
Iraqi forces launched a major offensive on October 17 to retake Mosul, where jihadist supremo Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi proclaimed a caliphate in 2014... READ MORE›
FEARS OF SECTARIAN TENSION AS PMUS CLOSE IN ON TAL AFAR
PMU fighters captured the road linking Tal Afar to Sinjar, west of Mosul, and linked up with Kurdish forces there, according to Iraqi security officials... READ MORE›
THOUSANDS OF CIVILIANS FLEE TOWNS AROUND MOSUL
Islamic State still controls the road between Mosul and Tal Afar, he said in comments on the Popular Mobilisation website... READ MORE›
IRAQI MILITIAMEN SEVER ISIL'S KEY SUPPLY LINE TO SYRIA
Shia fighters take main route linking Tal Afar to Sinjar, blocking ISIL's crucial supply route from Mosul into Raqqa... READ MORE›
IRAQ MILITIAS FIGHT TO CUT ISIL SUPPLY ROUTE NEAR MOSUL
Shia fighters push to control road between Mosul and Tal Afar, effectively surrounding ISIL's last stronghold in Iraq... READ MORE›
IRAQI TROOPS EXPAND FOOTHOLD IN MOSUL AS ISLAMIC STATE PLEDGES MORE SUICIDE ATTACKS
Iraqi military estimates put the number of Islamic State fighters in Mosul at 5,000 to 6,000... READ MORE›
HRW: MASS GRAVE HOLDING 300 FORMER IRAQI POLICE FOUND
Human Rights Watch says ISIL fighters might be responsible for the deaths of more than 300 former officers near Mosul... READ MORE›
FRANCE'S LE PEN SECOND FAVORITE TO WIN POWER, JUPPE EVENS
"The Hashd Shaabi announce the liberation of Tal Afar airbase after fierce clashes with IS militants," the state-run Iraqiya channel quoted the Hashd Shaabi spokesman Ahmed al-Asadi as saying... READ MORE›
IRAQI TROOPS OFFER RATIONS TO CIVILIANS AFTER CLEARING THIRD OF EAST MOSUL; SMOKES IN HIGH DEMAND
Iraqi forces say they have largely cleared the neighborhoods of Zahra and Qadisiya in eastern Mosul after pushing into the area Nov. 4... READ MORE›
IRAQ TROOPS BATTLE IS IN MOSUL, UN SAYS DOZENS EXECUTED
Later Friday, the fighting eased off, although CTS forces still occasionally fired mortar rounds towards IS positions in eastern Mosul's Arbajiyah area... READ MORE›
TRACES OF ISLAMIC STATE 'MASS GRAVE' ROT IN IRAQI SPA TOWN
As Islamic State has retreated, it has lashed out, with local residents such as those of Hammam al-Alil paying the price... READ MORE›
IRAQI MILITARY FINDS 100 DECAPITATED SKELETONS EAST OF MOSUL
The Iraqi military says it has found some 100 decapitated bodies in a mass grave south of the ISIS-held city of Mosul... READ MORE›
IRAQ PESHMERGA STORM ISLAMIC STATE TOWN AS ARMY BATTLES IN MOSUL
Islamic State fighters have sought to slow the offensive on their Mosul stronghold with waves of suicide car bomb attacks... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES FIGHTING ISLAMIC STATE SAY NEARING MOSUL AIRPORT
Recapturing Mosul would crush the Iraqi half of a caliphate declared by Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi from the pulpit of a Mosul mosque in 2014... READ MORE›
IRAQI UNITS CLEAR MOSUL BUILDINGS AFTER ADVANCES, DAESH ATTACKS
On Saturday, Iraqi forces advanced toward the town of Hamam al-Alil, which lies along the Tigris River about 15 kilometres from the southern edge of Mosul... READ MORE›
MOSUL TODAY: HEAVIEST FIGHTING YET IN CAMPAIGN TO EXPEL IS
The area was once named after former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein... READ MORE›
CIVILIANS STUCK IN MOSUL DISTRUST INVADING IRAQI FORCES; SHIITES YET TO CLOSE ISLAMIC STATE ESCAPE ROUTE
As Iraqi forces pushed Islamic State militants out of Mosul's eastern neighborhoods this week, hundreds of civilians faced a dilemma Stay in an area still... READ MORE›
ISIL BRAINWASHED KIDS TO BECOME NEXT GENERATION OF EXTREMISTS
Iraqi paramilitary forces said they had captured several villages southwest of Mosul from the Islamic State... READ MORE›
IRAQI MILITIAS 'LOCK CIVILIANS IN CAGES AND STRAP THEM TO CAR BONNETS' IN TORTURE CAMPAIGN EN ROUTE TO MOSUL
Islamic state leaderA abu bakr al-baghdadi 'gives first message in more than a year' as iraqi troops prepare for final assault on mosul... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES EDGE INTO MOSUL, MAJOR URBAN WARFARE LIES AHEAD
Troops entered Gogjali, a neighborhood inside Mosul's city limits, and later the outskirts of the more built-up Karama district, according to Maj... READ MORE›
U.S. AIRCRAFT TO BLOCK ISIL MILITANTS FLEEING MOSUL IN IRAQ
Islamic State fighters have typically attempted to inflict heavy casualties on Iraqi and Syrian opposition forces before abandoning their positions and escaping... READ MORE›
5,000 FIGHTERS JOIN IRAQ-LED OFFENSIVE TO RETAKE MOSUL FROM ISIS
The U.S. military estimates IS has 3,000 to 5,000 fighters inside Mosul and another 1,500-2,500 in the city's outer defensive belt... READ MORE›
TURKEY WARNS SHIA MILITIAS FIGHTING ISIL FOR IRAQI TOWN
Erdogan said Turkish forces would step in if the militias unleash terror on Tal Afar, which they are preparing to seize from ISIL fighters... READ MORE›
BATTLE FOR MOSUL 'REAL TEST' FOR REGIONAL POWERS
Prime Minister Abadi said only Iraqi army and police would enter Mosul... READ MORE›
MOSUL: TOWN OF TAL AFAR IN FOCUS ON WESTERN FRONT
Asadi said the operation, which began on Saturday, aimed to retake the towns of Hatra and Tal Abta, as well as Tal Afar... READ MORE›
IRAQI SHI'ITE COMMANDER SAYS MOSUL BATTLE 'NO PICNIC' AS TROOPS ADVANCE
Their target is to seize the town of Tal Afar, 55 km 35 miles west of Mosul, from Islamic State... READ MORE›
IRAQI SHIA MILITIAS TIGHTEN NOOSE AROUND ISIS WITH MOSUL OFFENSIVE
Iraqi Shia militias have launched an offensive to the west of Mosul in an operation intended to tighten the noose around Islamic State's Iraq stronghold... READ MORE›
THE FIGHT FOR MOSUL MOVES CLOSER TO TAL AFAR
Some involved in the fight for Mosul had hoped the Shia Popular Mobilisation Units would only play a minor role in the offensive... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Tal Afar
ISIS ENSHRINES A THEOLOGY OF RAPE
Continue reading the main story Calculated Conquest The Islamic State's formal introduction of systematic sexual slavery dates to Aug... READ MORE›
ISIS PUSHES BIRTH CONTROL TO MAINTAIN SEX-SLAVE SUPPLY
In its own manual, the Islamic State outlines the abstinence method as one option... READ MORE›
FIGHT FOR MOSUL RAGES AS IRAQI FORCES PUSH ON
ISIL forces are believed to be vastly outnumbered with an estimated 30,000 Iraqi army troops, Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, Shia militias, and Sunni tribal forces moving in... READ MORE›
AMID SYRIAN CHAOS, IRAN'S GAME PLAN EMERGES
It was taken by militias along with Iraqi forces on 22 September, delivering another blow to the terrorist group and an important boost to Iran's ambitions... READ MORE›
ISIS LEADER TAKES STEPS TO ENSURE GROUPS SURVIVAL
United States officials said gathering more insight on the Islamic State's shadowy leadership structure was a top priority... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES BEGIN ASSAULT TO RETAKE MOSUL FROM ISLAMIC STATE
For the first 48 hours, the offensive on the eastern front will be led by Kurdish forces known as peshmerga, Iraqi military officers said... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE HOLDS UP IRAQI ARMY SOUTH OF MOSUL
The fall of Mosul would mark Islamic State's effective defeat in Iraq... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES ADVANCE TOWARDS MOSUL AMID ISIL RESISTANCE
ISIL snipers posed danger to Iraqi forces trying to advance towards Mosul as the coalition air strikes pounded Hamdaniya... READ MORE›
IS BATTLES TO ENCIRCLE SYRIAN KURDS
Kobane islamic state battles to encircle syrian kurds... READ MORE›
IRAN-BACKED SHI'ITE MILITIAS TO JOIN ASSAULT NEAR MOSUL ON NEW FRONT
The population of Tal Afar was a mix of Sunni and Shi'ite ethnic Turkmen until Shi'ites fled the town after Islamic State's takeover two years ago... READ MORE›
SHI'ITE MILITIAS LAUNCH OFFENSIVE TO SEAL OFF WESTERN MOSUL
Their goal is to cut off any option of retreat by Islamic State insurgents into neighboring Syria or any reinforcement for their defense of Mosul... READ MORE›
SHI'ITE MILITIAS SAY WILL SUPPORT IRAQI ARMY OFFENSIVE ON MOSUL
The first is Tal Afar and the second is to support the forces going into the center of Mosul, a statement on the PMF website said... READ MORE›
TURKEY'S ERDOGAN SAYS ANKARA AIMS TO REINFORCE TROOPS ON IRAQ BORDER
Iranian-backed Iraqi Shi'ite paramilitary groups have said they have started an offensive against Islamic State positions west of Mosul, which will target Tal Afar... READ MORE›
BATTLE TO BANISH ISLAMIC STATE FROM MOSUL COULD BECOME A MESS
Abuses against the Sunni population will fuel the perceptions that caused many civilians in Mosul to welcome Islamic State militants into their city in June 2014... READ MORE›
IRAQI SHI'ITE MILITIAS SAY OFFENSIVE TOWARD TAL AFAR STARTED
The operation will target Tal Afar, an Islamic State-held area close to Turkey where a sizeable ethnic Turkmen population lives, which could cause concern in Ankara... READ MORE›
ABANDONED VILLAGES ON ROAD TO MOSUL RIGGED WITH TUNNELS AND BOMBS
Iraqi officials and residents of Mosul say Islamic State is preventing people from leaving the city but civilians are fleeing from outlying districts and villages... READ MORE›
TWO MONTHS TO TAKE MOSUL FROM ISIS, SAYS IRAQI GENERAL
Sirwan Barzani, a brigadier general of Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces told CNN that bad weather could prolong the battle yet further... READ MORE›
BRITAIN MUST GET ON A 'WAR FOOTING' TO DEFEAT ISLAMIC STATE
Mr Cameron's indication he wanted Britain to join air strikes in Syria led one senior Tory MP to accuse him of making up his policy "on the hoof" ..... READ MORE›
KURDISH FIGHTERS IN KOBANI CALL FOR ESCALATION OF AIR STRIKES AGAINST ISIS
Call comes after renewed Isis drive sparks 90 minutes of heavy fighting with towna??s Kurdish defenders before jihadis fall back... READ MORE›
AIRSTRIKE KILLS ISLAMIC STATE LEADER IN SYRIA WITH DIRECT TIE TO THE PARIS ATTACKS, U.S. MILITARY SAYS
Airstrike kills Islamic State leader in Syria with direct tie to the Paris attacks, U.S. military says... READ MORE›
SENIOR ISLAMIC STATE COMMANDER SAID TO BE KILLED BY U.S. COMMANDOS IN A RAID
Imam was a holdover from the Islamic State's earlier iteration of al-Qaeda in Iraq and served under Abu Musab al-Zarqawi before joining the Islamic State... READ MORE›
SHIITE MILITIAS JOIN OFFENSIVE TO RETAKE MOSUL FROM ISLAMIC STATE
Ethnic and sectarian balances must be taken into account in Mosul and Tal Afar, he said... READ MORE›
EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT: ISIL STEPS UP CHEMICAL WEAPONS ATTACKS ON KURDS IN IRAQ
Kurdish Cmdr. Mahadi Younis said he believed the weapons were manufactured in nearby Mosul, the Islamic State's stronghold in Iraq... READ MORE›
'TEENAGER BILLIONAIRE' SAYS HE WILL 'LEARN TO DRIVE IN HIS ROLLS-ROYCE' AFTER HIS UNINSURED MASERATI WAS SEIZED BY POLICE
Soon after speaking to Cihad, Halo was put in touch with Abdullah, one of five leading Yazidi smugglers based in Duhok... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE USES BIRTH CONTROL TO MAINTAIN SUPPLY OF SEX SLAVES
Modern methods allow the Islamic State to keep up its systematic rape of captives under medieval codes... READ MORE›
SHIA MILITIAS AIM TO TAKE TAL AFAR
Iraq's Shia militia groups launch an attack against IS militants in Tal Afar, west of Mosul... READ MORE›
US AND ALLIES CONDUCT 24 AIRSTRIKES AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE TARGETS IN IRAQ
Near Tal Afar, 11 strikes destroyed nine bunkers, five culverts and four bridges used by the militants... READ MORE›
U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES, CIA COOPERATE TO HUNT, KILL EXTREMISTS IN IRAQ, SYRIA
Has struggled to answer basic intelligence questions about the situation in Syria and Iraq including the Islamic State group's fighting strength... READ MORE›
ISIL CHEMICAL ATTACKS 'EXPECTED' AS MOSUL BATTLE NEARS
Kurdish forces say they fear an increase in ISIL's chemical attacks to weaken the frontlines as Mosul offensive looms... READ MORE›
ISIS CHEMICAL WEAPONS UNIT CHIEF 'CAPTURED BY US SPECIAL FORCES'
Isis is understood to be making a determined effort to develop chemical weapons, Iraqi and American officials have said... READ MORE›
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ISIS SUICIDE ATTACK KILLS 48 IN SOUTHERN YEMEN
The blast killed 48 people and wounded 84, according to Abdul-Nasser al-Wali, of the Yemeni Health Ministry... READ MORE›
ISIS SEIZES GAS FIELD NEAR PALMYRA
ISIS Seizes Gas Field Near Palmyra In Syria, Islamic State Making A Comeback After US, Russian Airstrikes?... READ MORE›
A REMINDER OF THE PERMANENT WARS
In Iraq and Syria, between Saturday and Monday, the United States conducted about 45 strikes against Islamic State targets... READ MORE›
SENIOR ISIS STRATEGIST AND SPOKESMAN IS REPORTED KILLED IN SYRIA
Accounts from arrested members of the Islamic State confirmed Mr. Adnani's role as an operational leader as well... READ MORE›
KEY ISIS LEADER KILLED IN SYRIA, JIHADI GROUP SAYS
Isis holds territory in the province of Aleppo, but not in the city itself where rebels are fighting Syrian government forces... READ MORE›
KEY ISLAMIC STATE LEADER KILLED IN APPARENT U.S. STRIKE IN SYRIA
A senior Syrian rebel official said Adnani was most probably killed in the Islamic State-held city of al-Bab in an air strike... READ MORE›
MASSACRE REPORTS SHOW U.S. INABILITY TO CURB IRAQ MILITIAS
Islamic State, the Sunni extremist group, seized the majority-Sunni city in June 2014... READ MORE›
U.S.-BACKED SYRIAN FORCES GAVE DEFEATED ISIL MILITANTS SAFE PASSAGE
Roughly 2,000 Islamic State militants were killed by airstrikes alone in the three-month Manbij offensive, according to the U.S. official... READ MORE›
REPORTS: U.S.-LED AIRSTRIKES KILL AT LEAST 250 ISIL FIGHTERS NEAR FALLUJAH
The airstrikes come a day after three suicide bombers blasted Istanbul's Ataturk International Airport, killing at least 42 people and leaving more than 230 wounded... READ MORE›
OBAMA LANDS IN SAUDI ARABIA FOR POTENTIALLY TENSE VISIT
After he leaves Saudi Arabia, Obama will travel to Germany and Britain... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE HITS SYRIAN FORCES WITH MUSTARD GAS, KILLS SCORES AS IT SHIFTS SOUTH IN IRAQ
Islamic State militants attacked Syrian army troops with mustard gas in an offensive against a Syrian military airport in the eastern province of Deir al-Z... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE CLAIMS SUICIDE BOMBING OF IRAQI SOCCER STADIUM; 29 DEAD
Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for the attack, according to the Amaq news agency, which is affiliated with the group also known as ISIL or ISIS... READ MORE›