Tal Afar Citadel

2007

The Tal Afar Citadel is a former garrison site in Iraq that was laid out in the Ottoman Empire . The village of Tal Afar formed around them . In 2005 the US Army used the facility. From 2014 IS occupied the citadel. In December 2014, the IS is said to have been blown up.

Individual evidence

↑ El estado islámico destruye con explosivos partes del castillo de Tal Afar ( Memento of November 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
^ Citadel of Tal Afar blown up by IS Schleswig-Holstein newspaper publisher

36.376484 42.455795Coordinates: 36 ° 22 ′ 35.3 ″ N , 42 ° 27 ′ 20.9 ″ E

[1] El estado islámico destruye con explosivos partes del castillo de Tal Afar ( Memento of November 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

[2] Citadel of Tal Afar blown up by IS Schleswig-Holstein newspaper publisher