As the fight for freeing Tal Afar city in Iraq enters a final steps, Tal Afar city center in Iraq has been retaken from Daesh.
Iraqi Foreign minister said security forces had liberated 70 percent of Tal Afar from the control of Daesh.
“God willing the remaining part will be liberated soon,” Ibrahim al-Jaafari said at a press conference in Baghdad.
Tal Afar is one of the last remaining Daesh strongholds in Iraq. The United Nations estimates that some 30,000 people remain trapped inside the city.
On August 20, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced the commencement of a major offensive to retake the city of Tal Afar, near Mosul.
Mosul used to serve as Daesh’s last urban base in Iraq before its liberation in July.
