Saturday, October 25, 2014

Iraqi And Kurdish Forces Continue Their Offensive Against The Islamic State



ISIL Pounded As Iraqi And Kurd Forces Advance -- Al Jazeera

Peshmerga and Iraqi forces say they have retaken key areas of in Iraq's north and south, supported by 22 US air strikes.

Ground offensives by the Iraqi army and Kurdish forces, backed my a barrage of US air raids, have forced ISIL fighters from several key towns in the north and south of Iraq, officials said.

Kurdish peshmerga forces said on Saturday they had recaptured several towns and villages held by the ISIL in northern Iraq, while Iraqi government forces claimed to have retaken the town of Jurf al-Sakhr, 50km to the south of Baghdad.

The ground forces were backed by 22 air strikes by US-led forces over Friday and Saturday, the US central command said, which targeted ISIL forces in Mosul in the north, Fallujah in the western Anbar province, and the oil-rich area around Baiji.

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More News On The War Against The Islamic State

U.S., allies stage 22 air strikes in Iraq: U.S. Central Command -- Reuters
US launches 22 air strikes on Isis strongholds in Iraq -- The Guardian
ISIS jihadists gain ground in Iraq's Anbar -- Al Arabiya/AFP
Islamic State Militants Seize Iraq Village, Press Assault on Yazidis -- Reuters
Islamic State fighters attack crossing as Kurds set to reinforce Kobane -- AFP
Kurds reject Erdogan report of deal with Syrian rebels to aid besieged Kobani -- Reuters
Kurds try to sneak across Turkey-Syria border to fight in Kobani -- Deutsche Welle
Syrian Kurd leader sees war of ‘attrition’ in Kobani -- Daily Times
Between Kobani &Turkey: How unarmed Kurdish brigade guards restive border -- RT
Militant group said to be using chlorine bombs -- AP
Iraq's Abu Ghraib Is Back In The News, Now As A Front-Line Town -- NPR
Thousands Of Women Fighting ISIS On Front Lines In Syria And Iraq -- AP
One British jihadi killed in Syria and Iraq every three weeks, study finds -- The Guardian
For Iraq’s Sunnis, sectarian militias pose an extra threat -- Sarah Margon, Washington Post

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