Iraq announces another major victory over IS jihadists

Iraq declared on Thursday that its forces had retaken the northern city of Tal Afar and the surrounding region, in another major victory over Islamic State group jihadists.IS, which seized nearly a third of Iraq in 2014 in a humiliating defeat for the army and police, now controls barely 10 percent of the country, according to the US-led international coalition ranged against the jihadists.The fall of Tal Afar, located in the northern province of Nineveh, deprives IS of what was once a key suppl