Kurdish forces retake **rth Iraqi town from Islamic State -security sources
 

ARBIL, Iraq, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Kurdish regional forces retook the **rthern Iraqi town of Zumar and several nearby villages from Islamic State insurgents on Saturday, security sources said. A Kurdish intelligence ******r in Zumar said peshmerga forces had advanced from five directions in the early morning after coalition air strikes on Islamic State positions. The Kurdish forces encountered fierce resistance before prevailing. Islamic State's capture of large expanses of **rthern and western Iraq and neighbouring Syria has caused international shock and U.S. ...

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