Iraq’s Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi says Nineveh province has been “fully liberated” from so-called Islamic State, after the district of Tal Afar was captured.
Haider al-Abadi’s announcement followed the defeat of the jihadist group in the town of Ayadiya, where the militants had fled to from the city of Tal Afar.
The loss leaves IS in control of just a few urban areas and some barren desert in central and western Iraq.
The group has suffered a string of major defeats in recent months.
