Thursday, March 28, 2024

Baghdad

Talafar’s residents demand its separation from Ninewa

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: A total of 300 persons staged a demonstration on Thursday in Talafar, demanding its separation from Ninewa and make it administratively independent. The demonstrators gathered at the governmental buildings compound in Qalaat Talafar, demanding to turn Tal afar into an independent province, accusing the local government of neglecting them. They chanted slogans against the Ninewa governor and local officials. Talafar lies 60 km west of Mosul , the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad . SH (P)/SR 1

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