PM Haider al-Abadi announces ground operation to retake the northern city, telling ISIL fighters ‘surrender, or die’. Iraqi forces have launched a ground offensive to retake a key ISIL-held area in the northern part of the country, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said. “You either surrender, or die”, Abadi said in a televised speech announcing the … Continue reading Iraq launches offensive to retake Tal Afar from ISIL