Published September 25, 2017
Iraq's foreign minister says Iraqi military forces have taken 70 percent of the Islamic State holdout town of Tal Afar.
Ibrahim al-Jaafari made the announcement at a news conference with his French counterpart on Saturday.
It comes a day after Iraqi military officials said forces had fought their way into the center of the town with help from the U.S.-led coalition.
Tal Afar is about 150 kilometers (93 miles) from Syria's border and it's among the last IS-held towns in Iraq.
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