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Battle of Tal Afar (2017)

2 September 2017 · Iraq

Part of: Iraqi Civil War of 2014–2017

Wikidata classes on our event-class list: armed conflict (all its classes: Wikidata item)

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The Battle of Tal Afar was an offensive announced on 20 August 2017 by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in order to liberate the Tal Afar region from the Islamic State (IS). Victory in the battle was declared by the Prime Minister al-Abadi following the capture of the last IS-held area in Tal Afar district.

The offensive was concurrent with the Raqqa campaign conducted by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) against IS's capital city and stronghold in Syria, as well as the Central Syria Campaign, by the Syrian Arab Army to capture IS territory towards Deir ez-Zor.

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