to the army’s 15th division.” The transfer will free up militia for the assault on Tal Afar — which if successful will complete an encirclement of Mosul, Iraq’s second city. The PMU seized Tal Afar ...

would persecute the Turkmen minority in Tal Afar. Two senior PMU officers confirmed yesterday that Iraqi regular army units had joined them on the front line following the militia’s capture of the air ...

Militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) have seized the Iraqi city of Tal Afar in the northern ... in order to secure several military helicopters stationed there.