Iraqi PM Abadi Declares Complete Victory Over The Islamic State In Tal Afar And In The Entire Province Of Nineveh

CNN: Iraqi prime minister: Tal Afar 'liberated' from ISIS

(CNN)Iraqi forces have seized the strategically important city of Tal Afar from ISIS, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Thursday.

An operation to retake the northwestern city, captured by the extremists on June 16, 2014, began 10 days ago.

Tal Afar was the last city still under the control of ISIS militants in Iraq's Nineveh province following the liberation of Mosul, about 45 miles to the east.

"The joy of victory has been completed and the entire province of Nineveh has become in the hands of our heroic forces," al-Abadi said, in a statement released Thursday by his media office.

"I declare to you that Tal Afar has joined the liberated Mosul and returned to the homeland."

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