Commander of the Nineveh Liberation Operation, Abdul Amir Rashid Yarallah, pledged to liberate Tal Afar city in Nineveh governorate from the hands of the terrorist group of Daesh.

In a statement on Sunday, Yarallah said the forces are advancing towards strongholds of the enemy.

Iraq's military have launched an operation to liberate the city of Tal Afar, some 80 kilometers west of Mosul, from Daesh terrorists, the Iraqi prime minister has announced.

“You either surrender, or die,” PM Haider al-Abadi said in a televised address.

“As we announce the start of operations to liberate Tal Afar we salute the heroic Iraqi forces who fight to bring victory, freedom and peace,” Abadi added on Twitter.

Source: MENA