Kurdish Fighters Have Liberated The Iraqi City Of Sinjar From The Islamic State

Al Jazeera: Kurdish fighters take control of Iraq's Sinjar

Iraqi Peshmerga forces walk into Sinjar after pushing ISIL rebels out of northern Iraqi town, sources tell Al Jazeera.

Kurdish Peshmerga forces have entered the centre of Sinjar after pushing out Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters from the northern Iraqi town, sources told Al Jazeera.

Sporadic bursts of gunfire could be heard inside Sinjar on Friday as Kurdish fighters filed down the hill overlooking the town from the north - some with rocket-propelled grenades on their shoulders, a witness told Reuters news agency.

However, Al Jazeera's Imran Khan, reporting from Sohela along one of the main supply routes for the Sinjar offensive, said the Peshmerga walked into town almost unopposed.

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