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Iraqi Army And Popular Mobilization Units Capture Seven New Districts In Tal Afar Town

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Iraqi Army And Popular Mobilization Units Capture Seven New Districts In Tal Afar Town

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On Thursday, the Iraqi Army and the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) captured al-Khdra’a, al-Noor and al-Naser districts in the eastern part of Tal Afar town located west of Mosul.

The Iraqi forces also captured al-Wihdah and al-Mualimen districts in the northern part of the town, and al-Jazzera and Tal Khidr Elias districts in the southern part of Tal Afar.

Moreover, the the army and the PMU captured Qurahat Tabi village north of Tal Afar airport, and the road to the historical Tal Afar citadel.

The Iraqi forces killed 71 ISIS fighters during its advance, and destroyed 4 VBIEDs and 4 booby trapped motorcycles of ISIS. PMU artillery units and the Iraqi Air Force’s warplanes also destroyed several ISIS positions in the Tal Afar area.

The ISIS-linked news agency Amaq claimed that 16 Iraqi soldiers were killed after ISIS fighters detonated booby trapped houses in al-Naser district. Amaq also claimed that 9 vehicles of the PMU were destroyed with IEDs in al-Naser district.

A report of the PMU intelligence said that most ISIS fighters withdrew to al-Auruba and al-Talia’a district in the northern part of Tal Afar town, where they planted dozens of IEDs to stop the Iraqi forces advance.

The government advance:

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Jan Tjarks

Mostly the outer areas captured so far, that’s not the real deal yet. The real question is the inner city and how much Daesh is willing to defend and fight for it.

Red Tick Alert

You have to go through the outer areas to get into the inner areas. Tick Tock.

Jan Tjarks

Darn, I thought Scotty would beam them in. =)

Red Tick Alert

The Jocks are shite. The new US devices will beam them up to ?

Jan Tjarks

Probably already did. =)

VGA

What kind of a shitty map is that?

Terra Cotta Woolpuller

The map is by the PMU and shows the various districts.

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