Security experts point out the importance of Tal Afar and its strategic dimensions
Editorial Date: 2017/8/21
21:02
[Ayna-Baghdad]
With the second day of operations coming, Tal Afar, the security experts analyzed the dimensions of their battles and their strategic importance while some of them dealt with the time limits of the crackdown in the judiciary, as well as the location and military difficulties that impede access to a quick resolution in the largest areas of Iraq and the most important and sensitive He said.
The bombing of the communications system in Tal Afar contributed to severing communication between the headquarters of the leadership and the rest of the elements," he said, adding that "the release of the [death bid] in the city is a pre-recognition of defeat." Expected ".
The duration of the battle is between three weeks and one month Khalaf said. "The district of Tal Afar has only 28 lives and its roads are open except for some high places."
It is too early to talk about a time limit for the liberation of Tal Afar," said strategic expert Ahmed al-Sharifi "This will be determined after a period of entering the city, as the leaders determine the nature of the battles and ways of attrition of the enemy.
As for the security expert Fadhil Abu Raghef, he said that the battle of Tal Afar will not be difficult because he has been besieged for several months under the hammer of our forces He pointed out that "the area of Tal Afar is 36 km square and is far from the Syrian border, On liberated areas ".
For his part, said security expert Hisham al-Hashemi to the importance of ongoing operations by saying that the battle is similar to what happened in the Nineveh Plain, although it will not be complicated except in the neighborhood of the Serail and the western hills
The province of Tal Afar is the largest of the Nineveh provinces. It is located on the road leading to the border with Syria It was inhabited by about 200,000 people and liberates it. Ninewa is free from the presence of terrorism and a step to restore security efforts to control the Iraqi border completely
The liberation of Tal Afar was launched on Sunday from several axes with the participation of the popular crowd. https://www.alliraqnews.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=65158