By Zach D. Huff, RealClearDefense: “With the days of Baghdad preparing an “every man for himself” defense against Islamic State far behind, the caliphate’s Mosul capital was retaken last month as the once-dominating terror group is closer than ever to defeat in Iraq."
Iraq launches offensive against IS in Tal Afar Iraqi security forces on Sunday launched combat operations against the Islamic State (IS) in Tal Afar, one of the group's last remaining strongholds in Iraq. "You either surrender or die," Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said to jihadis in a televised speech announcing the offensive about 50 miles west of Mosul. Iraqi government troops and Shiite-dominated Popular Mobilization Units are attacking the city from the south while Kurdish peshmerga fighters move in from the north. The US and Iraqi militaries estimate there are about 2,000 IS fighters in Tal Afar. The Lone ISIS Outposts in Iraq – Tal Afar, Hawija, Anbar
By Zach D. Huff, RealClearDefense: “With the days of Baghdad preparing an “every man for himself” defense against Islamic State far behind, the caliphate’s Mosul capital was retaken last month as the once-dominating terror group is closer than ever to defeat in Iraq."
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