Here is a timeline on major urban victories against Islamic State in Iraq, including today’s in Tal Afar. 31, 2015: Tikrit falls to Iraqi forces, Islamic State’s first major loss in Iraq and biggest setback since seizing swaths of territory across Iraq and Syria in 2014. Fighting for the city, symbolic as the birthplace of former dictator Saddam Hussein, takes three months. Nov. 13, 2015: Iraqi Kurdish fighters stream...

Source: Wall Street Journal August 27, 2017 19:07 UTC