ERBIL –
Iraq has begun with a luchtbombardement on Tal Afar, a city west of Mosul that are still under the control of terrorist group Islamic State (IS). An attack with ground forces in order to take the city, will begin when the air campaign is over, said a spokesman of the Iraqi ministry of Defence in front of the television.
The Iraqi authorities had already announced that Tal Afar, 80 kilometres west of Mosul, the next target in the war against the islamic militant group that, in 2014, seized power in parts of Iraq and Syria.
The zelfverkondigde ’caliphate’ of Islamic State suffered last month in a major defeat when Iraqi forces with the help of the USA the IS-stronghold of Mosul after a siege of nine months terugveroverden.