PM declares victory over ISIS in Tal Afar

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has declared victory over the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) armed group in the northern city of Tal Afar and the entire province of Nineveh. US-backed Iraqi forces launched an offensive against ISIL fighters, who had been holding Tal Afar for three years, […]

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has declared victory over the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) armed group in the northern city of Tal Afar and the entire province of Nineveh.

US-backed Iraqi forces launched an offensive against ISIL fighters, who had been holding Tal Afar for three years, on August 20.

“Tal Afar has been liberated,” Abadi said in a statement on Thursday, congratulating the Iraqi security forces.

“We say to the Islamic State fighters: wherever you are, we are coming for you and you have no choice but to surrender or die.”