(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) Baghdad, Aug 26 (Petra) –– Iraqi forces were in control of large areas of Tel Afar in their offensive to dislodge Daesh militants from their last stronghold in the country, according to an Iraqi military source.
Commander of the Joint Operations Command, Brig. Yahya Rasoul, told Petra's reporter in Baghdad that about 90 per cent of the Tal Afar district centre in the Nineveh Province is in Iraqi hands.
He said Daesh terror group still controlled several neighbourhoods of the town, and predicted that the battle for Tel Afar, which began a week ago, will be settled soon.
The commander said about 40,000 people have fled the town and headed to refugee camps set to receive them.
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