Iraqi warplanes are bombarding the jihadist group Islamic State's positions in Tal Afar, in preparation for a ground assault on the town. Tal Afar became the last IS stronghold in northern Iraq in ...

The body of Salwan Momika, who became infamous after burning the Quran in 2023, has been found with multiple bullet wounds. Momika was an Iraqi Christian militia leader who fled to Sweden after a ...

In 2005, Colonel Herbert McMaster prioritized victory above promotion. Attempting to secure Tal Afar, a city in northern Iraq, McMaster faced a big problem: He was witnessing an insurgency that ...

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Layla Taloo reacts in Tal Afar, Iraq, Aug. 31, 2019, as she visits a room in the house where she was held along with her husband and children after Islamic State militants captured the family in 2014.

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Badaracco, Joseph, Richard Burgess Jr., Robert Carpio III, and William Wheeler. "Joe Gifford in Tal Afar, Iraq (A)." Harvard Business School Case 311-085, January 2011. (Revised June 2012.) ...