Iraqi paramilitary forces have been ordered to retake the town of Tal Afar and prevent ISIL Takfiri groupfrom fleeing west from Mosul towards Syria, a spokesman said Tuesday. The Hashed al-Shaabi or Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), an umbrella organization for the paramilitary volunteer forces, has played major roles in previous ...
Iraqi security forces on Monday ended an attack by the ISIL group in Kirkuk city, killing at least 74 ‘jihadists’ in three days of clashes, the provincial governor said. “The attack is over and life has returned to normal,” Najmeddin Karim, the governor of Kirkuk province, told AFP. “The security ...
