Iraqi
Security forces made significant gains
Against Islamic State in a strategic area near Baghdad on Saturday and Kurdish fighters retook a **rthern town after heavy coalition air strikes
Against the Sunni Islamist insurgents. Senior local officials said
Iraqi troops seized most of Jurf al-Sakhar, the biggest advance in months of battles
Against Islamic State in the town about 40 miles south of Baghdad. A victory could allow
Iraqi authorities to prevent the Sunni insurgents from edging closer to the capital and maintaining connections to their strongholds in western Anbar province as well as infiltrating the mainly Shi'ite south.
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