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Iraqi PM Abadi declares victory over ISIL in Tal Afar Haider al-Abadi says town and the entire province of Nineveh 'liberated' from armed group after 12 days of fighting. Iraqi Prime Minister  Haider al-Abadi  has declared victory over the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ( ISIL , also known as ISIS) armed group in the northern city of Tal Afar and the entire province of Nineveh. US-backed Iraqi forces launched an offensive against ISIL fighters, who had been holding Tal Afar for three years, on August 20. "Tal Afar has been liberated," Abadi said in a statement on Thursday, congratulating the Iraqi security forces. "We say to the Islamic State fighters: wherever you are, we are coming for you and you have no choice but to surrender or die." Al Jazeera's Osama Bin Javaid, reporting from the northern Iraqi city of Erbil, said the loss of Tal Afar and the northern province is a big blow to ISIL. "The loss of Nineveh province is...

My name is Nathan Daubenmier. I am the fourth child in a family of nine (seven children). I spent the first 12 years of my life living in a typical modest home in America but even before I turned seven years old the edges of my horizon were being broadened as we adopted three children from Ethiopia into our home. With them came a little taste of Africa that proved to be irresistible to my parents and at the age of 12 my family moved to Kenya where we are still living. We are living at a boarding school for the children of missionaries throughout Africa and one of the biggest benefits I have gained from living here is the access to so many cultures. I have had the immense opportunity to interact with people of all sorts of nations and races and this has profoundly impacted my world view and how I interpret everything around me. I am proud to be a Christian and third culture kid living in Kenya and I would not give up the experiences I have had in the past several years here for anythin...