Al-Hashd al-Shaabi liberates 2 villages in Tel Afar
al-Hashd al-Shaabi forces. File photo.
Nineveh – (IraqiNews.com) Al-Hashd al-Shaabi forces managed to liberate two villages in Tel Afar district, west of the province, and raised the Iraqi flag over the buildings, after killing dozens of the Islamic State’s members, Alsumaria News reported on Saturday.
“This morning, al-Hahsd al-Shaabi forces managed to liberate the villages of al-Ajbouri and al-Fatsa, in Tel Afar district (62 km west of Mosul), and raised the Iraqi flag over their buildings,” the media outlet stated.
“Security forces also were able to kill large group of the Islamic State’s militants, after clashing with them inside the villages,” it added.
Forces from al-Hashd al-Shaabi are deployed in the western axis of the province of Nineveh, and announced on 16 November 2016, that the forces managed to liberate Tel Afar Airport.