By Isabel Coles DOHUK, Iraq (Reuters) - Kurdish forces claimed to have seized more territory on Friday after breaking the siege of Sinjar mountain in what they called their biggest victory yet in their war against Islamic State. A senior Kurdish official said the peshmerga forces had driven the Sunni Islamist militants out of Snuny district **rth of the mountain on Friday, bringing them closer to retaking the entire Sinjar area on the border with Syria in **rthwest Iraq. ...
12-19-2014, 11:16 PM
Iraqi Kurds claim more territory after breaking siege of Sinjar
By Isabel Coles DOHUK, Iraq (Reuters) - Kurdish forces claimed to have seized more territory on Friday after breaking the siege of Sinjar mountain in what they called their biggest victory yet in their war against Islamic State. A senior Kurdish official said the peshmerga forces had driven the Sunni Islamist militants out of Snuny district **rth of the mountain on Friday, bringing them closer to retaking the entire Sinjar area on the border with Syria in **rthwest Iraq. ...
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