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(Previous Incident Code: I292)
Dozens of civilians were killed or wounded in Tal Afar due to airstrikes and shelling, according to many local sources.
Yaqein reported that scores of unarmed civilians were killed by Coalition strikes as well as selling by government-aligned militias. A source told Yaqein that Tal Afar hospital is currently teeming with dozens of people injured due to indiscriminate shelling of the [Coalition] alliance and militia.
Several other outlets, including News of Iraq, reported both airstrikes as well as shelling from Popular Mobilization units.
Al Jazeera said that dozens of civilians were killed or wounded, but also reported that the Iraqi Defense Ministry said that the Iraqi Air Force was involved in bombing raids.
Fursan al Malhama noted fighting in the area involving government-aligned militias and claimed that 15 militia members had been killed.
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Reports of the incident mention the town of Tall Afar (تل عفر), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.375659, 42.451536. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.