Peshmerga arrest 30 ISIS members near Tal Afar

16 August, 2017 13:04

Peshmerga arrest 30 ISIS members near Tal Afar

Kurdish Peshmerga forces arrested 30 ISIS militants near Tal Afar, Islamic State’s last haven in Nineveh province, a security source said Wednesday.

Mawazin News quoted the source saying that the militants were arrested over the past four days while attempting to flee the enclave towards Peshmerga-held territories.

According to the same source, more than 600 civilians, mostly Turkmen, had fled Tal Afar towards Peshmerga deployments.