Iraqi forces say they have broken through Islamic State lines in Tal Afar

By ThaierAl-Sudani and Kawa OmarTAL AFAR, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi government forces broke through Islamic State's lines inside Tal Afar on Friday, reaching the old city center and the neighborhood around the Ottoman-era citadel, according to a military statement.On the sixth day of the offensive, elite Iraqi units seized the northern neighborhoods of Nida', Taliaa, Uruba, Nasr, and Saad, according to a statement from the Iraqi Joint Operations Command (JOC).The Iraqi forces have seized about thre