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Kurdish forces regained control of strategic town in Northern Iraq
Kurdish armed forces have retaken control of town Zumar in northern Iraq and pushed Islamic State (IS) militants out of several nearby villages, RIA Novosti reported referring to a Kurdish security official.A source in the Kurdish intelligence told that Islamic State fighters had put up a fight as they were evicted by local Kurdish forces, who made considerable gains on Saturday morning. Zumar lies 60 kilometers (36 miles) northwest of Mosul, a city which is a key to Iraq's oil and gas production. It was reported earlier that US Air Force and its allies from the 60-member anti-IS coalition carried out new airstrikes against jihadist positions in Syria and Iraq. Posted by: Steve White 2014-10-26 |
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