Media war: the liberation of the villages of Battisha and science and Khafajah and Haliba upper and Mraziv east Tal Afar

On Sunday, the Military Information Cell announced the liberation of the villages of Battisha, Al-Alam, Khafajah, Halibiya Al-'Aliya and Marzeef east of Tall Afar.

In a statement received by Al-Ghad Press, quoting a commander of operations, Tal Afar, Major General Abdul Amir Rashid Yaarallah, said that "the 16th Infantry Division liberated the villages of Battisha, Al-Alam, Khafajah, Halibiya Al-'Aliya and Marzeef east of Tal Afar, and raised the Iraqi flag. With lives and equipment ".

The head of the armed forces, General Haider al-Abadi, announced the launch of the liberation of Tal Afar, dawn Sunday.
The announcement came in a similar format to the announcement of the battle in Mosul. Abadi wore the anti-terrorism uniforms and announced the start of the battle late at night. He had a map in one of the military posts.

This came 40 days after the end of the battle for the liberation of Mosul, which lasted 9 months, in which the security forces engaged in long fighting with elements of the organization, especially in the Old City.

Tal Afar, a long-time stronghold of the Da'dash organization, 80 km west of Mosul, has isolated the city from other areas controlled by al-Qaeda.

The city is surrounded by the joint security forces, the popular crowd from the south and the Peshmerga fighters from the north, and an estimated 2,000 militants are still in the city.

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