SKIP TO MAIN CONTENT

The noose closes around IS in Tal Afar

Biệt kích Bỉ gần tiền tuyến
Biệt kích Bỉ gần tiền tuyến Source: AAP

Iraqi troops have reached the city limits of the northern town of Tal Afar [tahl AH-fuh], three days into an internationally-backed operation to take back territory from IS militants.


Published

Updated

By Andrea Nierhoff

Source: SBS



Skip to podcast episode content

Iraqi troops have reached the city limits of the northern town of Tal Afar [tahl AH-fuh], three days into an internationally-backed operation to take back territory from IS militants.


The city, around 150 kilometres east of the border with Syria, is one of a handful of IS strongholds left in Iraq.


Latest podcast episodes

Follow SBS Vietnamese

Download our apps

Listen to our podcasts

Get the latest with our exclusive in-language podcasts on your favourite podcast apps.

Watch on SBS

SBS World News

Take a global view with Australia's most comprehensive world news service

Stream now