Kurdish forces retake **rth Iraqi town from Islamic State

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ARBIL Iraq (Reuters) - Kurdish forces retook the **rthern Iraqi town of Zumar and several nearby villages from Islamic State early on Saturday after heavy coalition air strikes against the Islamist insurgents, security sources said. A Kurdish intelligence ******r in Zumar said peshmerga forces had advanced from five directions in the early morning and encountered fierce resistance, but ultimately prevailed. A spokesman for the peshmerga ministry also said Zumar was **w in Kurdish hands. ...

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