3-hour curfew imposed on Talafar

Talafar-Curfew NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Iraqi security forces on Tuesday imposed a curfew on Talafar after receiving information about the entry of a car bomb. The curfew was later lifted after no sources of danger were found, a police source said. “Acting on a tip-off on the presence of a car bomb in Talafar, west of Mosul, the police forces imposed a curfew and started a crackdown operation in the district,” the source told IraqiNews.com. “The police lifted the curfew three hours later after making sure that there were no dangers threatening local residents,” he added. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. The original city of Mosul stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient biblical city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial areas on both banks, with five bridges linking the two sides. Despite having an amount of Kurdish population, it does not form part of the area controlled by the Kurdistan Regional Government Kurdistan RegionG). There are different communities in Mosul like Christians, Shiites and Kurds along with a Sunni majority. The fabric Muslin, long manufactured here, is named for this city. Another historically important product of the area is Mosul marble. The city is also a historic center for the Nestorian Christianity of the Assyrians, containing the tombs of several Old Testament prophets such as Jonah, Yunus in Arabic, and Nahum. SH (S)/SR 1