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Iraqi Shiite Militia Ready to Recapture Daesh-Controlled Airport in Tal Afar

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Iraqi Shiite Militia Ready to Recapture Daesh-Controlled Airport in Tal Afar

16:12 GMT 16.11.2016 (Updated: 16:28 GMT 16.11.2016)

© AFP 2023 / BULENT KILICMembers of Al-Hashd al-Shaabi faction talk on October 21, 2016, near the village of Tall al-Tibah, some 30 kilometres south of Mosul, during an operation to retake the main hub city from the Islamic State (IS) group jihadists

Members of Al-Hashd al-Shaabi faction talk on October 21, 2016, near the village of Tall al-Tibah, some 30 kilometres south of Mosul, during an operation to retake the main hub city from the Islamic State (IS) group jihadists - Sputnik International

According to reports, the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces Shia militia, came close to the airport in the strategically important city of Tal Afar, controlled by the Daesh militants, and is prepared to carry out an assault on it.

Smoke rises at Islamic State militants' positions in the town of Naweran, near Mosul, Iraq (File) - Sputnik International

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QAYYARAH (Iraq) (Sputnik) – Hashd al-Shaabi, the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces Shia militia, came close to the airport in the strategically important city of Tal Afar, controlled by the Daesh militants, and is prepared to carry out an assault on it, the militia said Wednesday.

"Today we have mopped up the whole territory in the outskirts of the airport. The Hashd units have already come close to it. Now [we] are getting ready to [carry out] an assault," the militia told RIA Novosti.

The city of Tel Afar is 50 kilometers (around 31 miles) away from Mosul and is on the strategic route between Mosul and Syria’s Raqqa, the Daesh stronghold.

Mosul has been occupied by Daesh, a jihadist group outlawed in Russia, since 2014. The operation to retake the city from the terrorists began on October 17.