Dozens killed as militants take most of key Iraq town: official

17 Jun, 2014

KIRKUK: Militants have seized most of a key sectarian majority town in northern Iraq, a government official said on Tuesday, in fighting that has killed dozens of civilians and combatants.

Security forces and civilian fighters still hold parts of Tal Afar, in Nineveh province, along a strategic corridor to Syria, according to deputy provincial council chief Nuriddin Qabalan.

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