Tal Afar (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Tal Afar" in English language version.

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21yyte.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Irak'ta Direnen Bir Türkmen Kenti: Telafer". Dinç Ahmet,“Türkiye’nin Irak Başarısı Telafer’den Geçer”, Global Strateji, Sonbahar 2005, Yıl 1 Sayı 2, s. 105-106 (in Turkish). January 8, 2008. Retrieved April 22, 2011.

al-monitor.com (Global: 2,236^th place; English: 1,637^th place)

Turkey Pulse article on situation of the Turkmen Archived 2016-03-27 at the Wayback Machine

aljazeera.com (Global: 165^th place; English: 119^th place)

"Scores killed in Iraqi bombings". Al Jazeera. 9 July 2009.

america.gov (Global: low place; English: low place)

U.S. Forces Not Using Chemical Weapons in Tall Afar, Iraq Archived 2010-04-26 at the Wayback Machine

archive.org (Global: 6^th place; English: 6^th place)

Haldane, James Aylmer Lowthorpe (1922). The Insurrection in Mesopotamia, 1920. Edinburgh and London: W. Blackwood and Sons.

archives.gov (Global: 319^th place; English: 166^th place)

georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov

"President Discusses Democracy in Iraq with Freedom House". White House Office of the Press Secretary. 2006-03-29. Retrieved 2007-04-10.

army.mil (Global: 250^th place; English: 134^th place)

armyupress.army.mil

"The Ba'ath Party and Insurgency in Tal Afar" (PDF).

strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil

Fitzsimmons, Michael (March 2013). GOVERNANCE, IDENTITY, AND COUNTERINSURGENCY: EVIDENCE FROM RAMADI AND TAL AFAR (PDF). STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE and U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE PRESS. ISBN 978-1-58487-567-3. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 22, 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.

history.army.mil

Schlosser, Nicholas J. (August 2015). "The Pacification of Tal Afar". U.S. Army Center of Military History. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015.

baghdadtoday.news (Global: low place; English: low place)

""الجزيرة".. اسم جديد ينسج خريطة العراق الإدارية" (in Arabic). Baghdad Today.

bbc.co.uk (Global: 11^th place; English: 10^th place)

news.bbc.co.uk

"Car bomb kills 21 in Iraq market". BBC News. 8 August 2008.
"Deadly bombing hits Iraqi stadium". BBC News. May 14, 2010. Retrieved May 24, 2010.

bbc.com (Global: 26^th place; English: 23^rd place)

"Iraq launches push to seize Tal Afar". BBC News. 20 August 2017.

bloomberg.com (Global: 118^th place; English: 85^th place)

"Iraq Car Bombing Kills 27 Near Northwestern City of Tal Afar - Bloomberg". Bloomberg News. 2012-10-22. Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2023-05-25.

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

Sitzungsberichte. Abt. 1, Biologie, Mineralogie, Erdkunde und verwandte Wissenschaften. 1953. p. 392.

cnn.com (Global: 36^th place; English: 26^th place)

Police accused in sectarian revenge killings, CNN, March 29, 2007

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

Forbes, Frederick (1839). "A Visit to the Sinjar Hills in 1838, with Some Account of the Sect of Yezidis, and of Various Places in the Mesopotamian Desert, between the Rivers Tigris and Khabur". Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. 9: 411. doi:10.2307/1797732.

ft.com (Global: 193^rd place; English: 127^th place)

"Iraqi forces recapture Isis stronghold Tal Afar". Financial Times. 27 August 2017.

globalsecurity.org (Global: 540^th place; English: 541^st place)

google.com (Global: 109^th place; English: 87^th place)

google maps, Tel Afar. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
"AFP: Bombings in northern Iraq kill nine: Police". 2008-12-02. Archived from the original on 2012-09-22. Retrieved 2016-11-12.

huffingtonpost.com (Global: 212^th place; English: 141^st place)

Hafiz, Yasmine (2014-07-07). "ISIS Destroys Shiite Mosques And Shrines In Iraq, Dangerously Fracturing Country (PHOTOS)". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2019-01-05.

jpost.com (Global: 358^th place; English: 243^rd place)

"Death toll rises to 25 from Iraqi market bombing". The Jerusalem Post. 2008-08-09.

jstor.org (Global: 23^rd place; English: 15^th place)

Forbes, Frederick (1839). "A Visit to the Sinjar Hills in 1838, with Some Account of the Sect of Yezidis, and of Various Places in the Mesopotamian Desert, between the Rivers Tigris and Khabur". Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. 9: 411. doi:10.2307/1797732.

longwarjournal.org (Global: 3,310^th place; English: 2,351^st place)

"Northern Exposure - FDD's Long War Journal". www.longwarjournal.org. 23 September 2005.

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; English: 7^th place)

Iraq Says Truck Bomb in North Killed 152, The New York Times, April 1, 2007
"Breaking News, World News & Multimedia". The New York Times.
Robertson, Campbell (17 July 2008). "Blast Kills 20 in Shiite Neighborhood of Northern Iraq City". The New York Times.
Goode, Erica (6 September 2008). "Car Bomb Kills 6 in Northwestern Iraq". The New York Times.
Williams, Timothy (16 October 2009). "Attacker Kills 15 in Iraqi Mosque". The New York Times.
Najim Abed al-Jabouri (28 October 2009). "For every Iraqi party, an army of its own". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 August 2016.

pbs.org (Global: 260^th place; English: 176^th place)

"Police and Militants Gun Down Sunnis in Revenge Attacks". PBS. Archived from the original on October 7, 2008.

pukmedia.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Seven Pakistanis killed as bus overturns in Iraq". Media Office of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. 2011-04-28. Archived from the original on 2011-10-03.

reuters.com (Global: 38^th place; English: 30^th place)

reuters.com

"FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Feb 10". Reuters. 10 February 2007.
"FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq, Feb 22". Reuters. 22 February 2007.
"FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, March 24". Reuters. 24 March 2007.
"FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, April 14". Reuters. 14 April 2007.
"FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq, May 21". Reuters. 21 May 2007.
"FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, May 31". Reuters. 31 May 2007.
"FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, June 11". Reuters. 11 June 2007.
"FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq, June 19". Reuters. 19 June 2007.
"Seven killed by suicide bomber at Iraqi wedding". Reuters. 12 July 2007.
"FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq, July 15". Reuters. 15 July 2007.
"FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Aug 22". Reuters. 22 August 2007.
"FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq, Sept 16". Reuters. 16 September 2007.
"FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Sept 22". Reuters. 22 September 2007.
"FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq, Sept 24". Reuters. 24 September 2007.
"FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Oct 4". Reuters. 4 October 2007.
"FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Oct 10". Reuters. 10 October 2007.
"FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Dec 29". Reuters. 29 December 2007.
"FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Jan 3". Reuters. 3 January 2008.
"FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, March 2". Reuters. 2 March 2008.
"Attacks kill up to 18 in northern Iraq". Reuters. 14 April 2008.
"FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, July 8". Reuters. 8 July 2008.
"FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, July 12". Reuters. 12 July 2008.
"FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq, July 31". Reuters. 31 July 2008.
"FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Aug 29". Reuters. 29 August 2008.
"FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Sept 17". Reuters. 17 September 2008.
"FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Sept 18". Reuters. 18 September 2008.
"FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Feb 7". Reuters. 7 February 2009.
"FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, March 23". Reuters. 23 March 2009.
"FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Sept 17". Reuters. 17 September 2009.
"FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq, Sept 28". Reuters. 28 September 2009.

uk.reuters.com

"FACTBOX - Security developments in Iraq". Reuters. 27 May 2008. Archived from the original on January 12, 2016.

rudaw.net (Global: 3,235^th place; English: 2,991^st place)

"بالصور...من سيقود عمليات الموصل ؟". Rudaw. Retrieved 2017-08-12.

telegraph.co.uk (Global: 40^th place; English: 27^th place)

Poole, Oliver (2005-12-19). "Iraqis in former rebel stronghold now cheer American soldiers". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2012-05-09.

thebaghdadpost.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Exclusive: Federal Police recapture 4 neighborhoods in Tal Afar - Iraq News - Local News - Baghdadpost". www.thebaghdadpost.com. 20 August 2017. Archived from the original on 21 April 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2019.

theguardian.com (Global: 16^th place; English: 11^th place)

Iraq Raises Death Toll in Tal Afar Bomb, Guardian, April 1, 2007
Chulov, Martin (June 16, 2014). "Iraqi city of Tal Afar falls to Isis insurgents". The Guardian.

trust.org (Global: 8,971^st place; English: 7,156^th place)

news.trust.org

"Humanitarian - Thomson Reuters Foundation News". news.trust.org.

washingtonpost.com (Global: 35^th place; English: 24^th place)

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

U.S. Forces Not Using Chemical Weapons in Tall Afar, Iraq Archived 2010-04-26 at the Wayback Machine
"Police and Militants Gun Down Sunnis in Revenge Attacks". PBS. Archived from the original on October 7, 2008.
Fitzsimmons, Michael (March 2013). GOVERNANCE, IDENTITY, AND COUNTERINSURGENCY: EVIDENCE FROM RAMADI AND TAL AFAR (PDF). STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE and U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE PRESS. ISBN 978-1-58487-567-3. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 22, 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
"Iraq Car Bombing Kills 27 Near Northwestern City of Tal Afar - Bloomberg". Bloomberg News. 2012-10-22. Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
"FACTBOX - Security developments in Iraq". Reuters. 27 May 2008. Archived from the original on January 12, 2016.
Suicide bombing kills 2, wounds 18 in N Iraq (Xinhuanet) Archived 2008-09-22 at the Wayback Machine
"Seven Pakistanis killed as bus overturns in Iraq". Media Office of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. 2011-04-28. Archived from the original on 2011-10-03.
"AFP: Bombings in northern Iraq kill nine: Police". 2008-12-02. Archived from the original on 2012-09-22. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
"Exclusive: Federal Police recapture 4 neighborhoods in Tal Afar - Iraq News - Local News - Baghdadpost". www.thebaghdadpost.com. 20 August 2017. Archived from the original on 21 April 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
Turkey Pulse article on situation of the Turkmen Archived 2016-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
Schlosser, Nicholas J. (August 2015). "The Pacification of Tal Afar". U.S. Army Center of Military History. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015.
"Extremist IS militants damage ancient citadel, two shrines in Iraq's Nineveh". Xinhua News Agency. 31 December 2014. Archived from the original on 13 January 2015.

xinhuanet.com (Global: 271^st place; English: 576^th place)

news.xinhuanet.com

Suicide bombing kills 2, wounds 18 in N Iraq (Xinhuanet) Archived 2008-09-22 at the Wayback Machine
"Extremist IS militants damage ancient citadel, two shrines in Iraq's Nineveh". Xinhua News Agency. 31 December 2014. Archived from the original on 13 January 2015.

Tal Afar (English Wikipedia)

21yyte.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

al-monitor.com (Global: 2,236th place; English: 1,637th place)

aljazeera.com (Global: 165th place; English: 119th place)

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baghdadtoday.news (Global: low place; English: low place)

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globalsecurity.org (Global: 540th place; English: 541st place)

google.com (Global: 109th place; English: 87th place)

huffingtonpost.com (Global: 212th place; English: 141st place)

jpost.com (Global: 358th place; English: 243rd place)

jstor.org (Global: 23rd place; English: 15th place)

longwarjournal.org (Global: 3,310th place; English: 2,351st place)

nytimes.com (Global: 7th place; English: 7th place)

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telegraph.co.uk (Global: 40th place; English: 27th place)

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xinhuanet.com (Global: 271st place; English: 576th place)

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al-monitor.com (Global: 2,236^th place; English: 1,637^th place)

aljazeera.com (Global: 165^th place; English: 119^th place)

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army.mil (Global: 250^th place; English: 134^th place)

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globalsecurity.org (Global: 540^th place; English: 541^st place)

google.com (Global: 109^th place; English: 87^th place)

huffingtonpost.com (Global: 212^th place; English: 141^st place)

jpost.com (Global: 358^th place; English: 243^rd place)

jstor.org (Global: 23^rd place; English: 15^th place)

longwarjournal.org (Global: 3,310^th place; English: 2,351^st place)

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; English: 7^th place)

pbs.org (Global: 260^th place; English: 176^th place)

reuters.com (Global: 38^th place; English: 30^th place)

rudaw.net (Global: 3,235^th place; English: 2,991^st place)

telegraph.co.uk (Global: 40^th place; English: 27^th place)

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trust.org (Global: 8,971^st place; English: 7,156^th place)

washingtonpost.com (Global: 35^th place; English: 24^th place)

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xinhuanet.com (Global: 271^st place; English: 576^th place)