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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

At Least 2 Killed in Bombing in Iraq’s Tal Afar

Smoke risis from clashes in al-Ayadiya, northwest of Tal Afar, Iraq August 30, 2017. (Reuters)

At least two people were killed on Tuesday in a bombing in the northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar.

Eleven people were wounded in the attack that was claimed by the ISIS terrorist group.

The city, which had about 200,000 residents, came under the ISIS control when it overran swathes of Iraq’s north in 2014.

It fell to Iraqi security forces, backed by the US-led coalition, in August 2017, the last area to be retaken in the north before fighting moved to the Syrian border.

A heavy security presence has remained since then and the city has been mostly quiet.

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