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Release Number: 04-09-47
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MORE THAN 3,000 TAL AFAR RESIDENTS RETURN HOME
MOSUL, Iraq – More than 3,000 people have returned safely to their homes in Tal Afar in the last twenty-four hours. Basic utilities have been restored to the city.
Duraid Kashmoula, Ninevah Province Governor, and Ninevah Province provincial council members determined yesterday that the city was safe and allowed residents to begin returning to their homes.
Iraqi security forces are maintaining security in the city. Multi-National Forces and Iraqi security forces continue to work with Iraqi Red Crescent to provide medical assistance and humanitarian aid to the citizens of Tal Afar.
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