Iraq security forces operation in the northern city of Tal Afar has led to retaking of two villages and an oil refinery.
Operation is tasked with liberating the city from the Takfiri Daesh terrorists.
The commander of the Tal Afar Liberation Operation said the villages of Tishtia and Tal al-Samn had been purged of the Takfiri terrorists.
He also added that Iraqi forces had liberated the al-Kask oil refinery from the control of Daesh.
In late June, Commander of Nineveh Liberation Operations Major General Najim Abdullah al-Jubouri said there were between 1,500 and 2,000 Daesh militants holed up in Tal Afar, and predicted a relatively easy victory for government forces in the operation as the terrorists were “worn out and demoralized.”
