After a week-long offensive to recapture Tal Afar from Daesh, Iraqi military now says only five percent area of the city is under control of the militants.
Iraqi forces have seized the citadel in Tal Afar and also took control of the northern city centre.
The Iraqi forces have seized about three quarters of the city since the offensive started in the early hours of August 20.
UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq says more than 30,000 people have already fled the Tal Afar region and that thousands more were expected to follow.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al Abadi announces the start of the offensive to retake Tal Afar, a key Northern Iraqi bastion of Daesh, in a televised speech.
The strategic town which is mostly Turkmen populated will be Iraqi army's next in the roll-up of remaining Daesh-ruled cities.
Iraqi parliament unanimously adopts resolution over the killings of Turkmen. Meanwhile, Mosul residents displaced by fighting or accused of participating in Daesh's operations say they fear revenge attacks by Iraqi forces.
At least 23 people were killed when suicide bombers detonated themselves. The assault came soon after Iraqi forces took control of the last major road leading west from the city of Mosul.
A major operation by Iraqi Armed Forces, Kurdish peshmerga fighters and other militias backed by an international coalition was launched on October 17 to retake Mosul from Daesh.
Working with the Iraqi army's Joint Operations Command, the Popular Mobilisation Forces launch the third phase of an ongoing operation to retake areas east of Tal Afar city from Daesh.
The involvement of Shia militias in the Mosul operation after they have been accused of abuses against civilians in Sunni-majority areas has raised concerns that sectarian tensions could worsen.
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