{"id":567,"date":"2017-08-22T16:19:13","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T16:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madaresharghi.com\/?p=567"},"modified":"2017-08-22T16:19:13","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T16:19:13","slug":"iraqi-army-allies-liberate-two-tal-afar-districts-from-daesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/iraqi-army-allies-liberate-two-tal-afar-districts-from-daesh\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraqi army, allies liberate two Tal Afar districts from Daesh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\">\u062e\u0628\u0631\u06af\u0632\u0627\u0631\u06cc \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0634\u0631\u0642\u06cc<\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; width: 565px;\" readability=\"88.170542635659\">\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">\n\t\t\tThe media bureau of pro-government forces, commonly known by the Arabic word Hashd al-Shaabi, announced in a statement on Tuesday that the volunteer fighters, security forces and army soldiers were now in \u201cfull control\u201d of al-Kifah and al-Nur districts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">\n\t\t\tThe commander\u00a0of Tal Afar Liberation Operation, Lieutenant General Abdul Amir\u00a0Yarallah,\u00a0also stated that soldiers from the 9th Armored Division of the Army together with fighters from the 2nd, 11th and 26th brigades of Hashd al-Shaabi have launched a major offensive from the eastern side of Tal Afar, and are making headway.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 20px 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" height=\"313\" src=\"http:\/\/madaresharghi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0b5c5213-7dc8-41f2-affc-4a4b953b5b6b.jpg\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px none; vertical-align: middle; display: block; width: 565px; height: auto;\" width=\"555\"\/><figcaption style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; padding: 10px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background: rgb(240, 240, 240);\">Iraqi pro-government fighters from Popular Mobilization Units (Hashd al-Shaabi) gather with Iraqi army on the outskirts of Tal Afar, Iraq, on August 22, 2017. (Photo by Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">\n\t\t\tHe added that members of the Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) have entered the city from the southwestern flank, and continue to advance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">\n\t\t\tAdditionally, Brigadier General Haider Fadhil of the Iraqi special forces told The Associated Press that the advancing troops have not faced tough resistance from Daesh terrorists, even though the Takfiris have made use of rockets, car bombs and roadside bombs to slow their progress.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">\n\t\t\tFadhil expected the fighting to get even heavier as Iraqi army soldiers and their allies push into the center of Tal Afar, located 63 kilometers west of Mosul.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">\n\t\t\tIt is estimated that between 10,000-50,000 civilians remain in and around Tal Afar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">\n\t\t\tThe International Organization for Migration said in a statement that nearly 3,200 individuals have fled Tal Afar to two refugee camps south of Mosul over the past four days.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">\n\t\t\t\u201cThese internally displaced persons (IDPs) carried a minimal amount of clothes; some only had what they wore, some were partially clothed,\u201d the statement said, adding that thousands more are expected to flee in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">\n\t\t\t\u201cMany of the displaced people from Tal Afar arrive exhausted and in poor health, often with critical levels of malnutrition among children, some unable to move,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 20px 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" height=\"313\" src=\"http:\/\/madaresharghi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/73e200aa-b804-4084-9eea-747898400e12.jpg\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px none; vertical-align: middle; display: block; width: 565px; height: auto;\" width=\"555\"\/><figcaption style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; padding: 10px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background: rgb(240, 240, 240);\">Iraqi forces, backed by Popular Mobilization Units (Hashd al-Shaabi), advance towards the city of Tal Afar, west of Mosul, after the Iraqi government announced the beginning of the operation to retake it from the control of Daesh Takfiri terrorists on August 22, 2017. (Photo by AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">\n\t\t\tThe Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says it has received around 1,500 families, or some 9,000 people, from Tel Afar at the Hamman al-Alil displacement camp in the past week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">\n\t\t\tThe UN refugee agency further noted that it is making preparations to accommodate around 30,000 more refugees from the city within the next few days.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u062e\u0628\u0631\u06af\u0632\u0627\u0631\u06cc \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0634\u0631\u0642\u06cc The media bureau of pro-government forces, commonly known by the Arabic word Hashd al-Shaabi, announced in a statement on Tuesday that the volunteer fighters, security forces and army soldiers were now in \u201cfull control\u201d of al-Kifah and al-Nur districts. The commander\u00a0of Tal Afar Liberation Operation, Lieutenant General Abdul Amir\u00a0Yarallah,\u00a0also stated that soldiers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[638],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Iraqi army, allies liberate two Tal Afar districts from Daesh - madaresharghi | An Analytical Look at Middle Eastern Developments<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/iraqi-army-allies-liberate-two-tal-afar-districts-from-daesh\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Iraqi army, allies liberate two Tal Afar districts from Daesh - madaresharghi | An Analytical Look at Middle Eastern Developments\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u062e\u0628\u0631\u06af\u0632\u0627\u0631\u06cc \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0634\u0631\u0642\u06cc The media bureau of pro-government forces, commonly known by the Arabic word Hashd al-Shaabi, announced in a statement on Tuesday that the volunteer fighters, security forces and army soldiers were now in \u201cfull control\u201d of al-Kifah and al-Nur districts. 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