Kurdish Peshmerga fighters walk with their weapons as smoke rises from the site of clashes, south of Daquq, north of Baghdad August 26, 2015. REUTERS/STRINGER
Reuters: Kurds take 10 villages from Islamic State in north Iraq
Kurdish forces backed by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes drove Islamic State militants out of 10 villages in Iraq's Kirkuk province on Wednesday in an offensive to secure their territory to the north, Kurdish military sources said.
The assault began at dawn in the Daquq area, around 175 kilometers (110 miles) north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. By evening, Kurdish forces had taken an area of around 250 square kilometers, the sources said.
An aide to a top Kurdish commander taking part in the offensive said five peshmerga had been killed, most of them by improvised explosive devices.
The frontline between Kurdish peshmerga forces and Islamic State in northern Iraq has hardly budged for months.
More News On Iraqi Kurds Continuing Their Offensive Against The Islamic State
Iraqi Kurds Wage Anti-IS Offensive Near Oil Hub -- AP
Isis militants routed from village in Northern Iraq by Kurdish forces -- The Independent
Kurdish forces take ten villages from Daesh in northern Iraq -- Al Bawaba
Kurds launch new assault on ISIL in northern Iraq -- Today's Zaman
1 comment:
Who is giving the Kurds any weapons or ammo?
I thought the U.S. stopped giving them stuff. So where are they getting it?
Turkey ;)
Iraq;)
Iran;)
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