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Dozens of ISIS militants of ISIS killed during clashes with Peshmerga in Yezidi area
Erbil, Kurdistan Region – Fierce clashes broke out Tuesday between militant fighters of the Islamic State (IS/ISIS) and the Peshmerga forces of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in the castle of Hassan Beik in the Shingal (Sinjar) district west of the city of Mosul in northern Iraq, a source in the Ministry of the Peshmerga reported.Major Saeed Zakouli said that the IS terrorists carried out offensive operations on Pershmerga locations in Hassan Beik Castle in central Sinjar, west of Mosul (400 km north of Baghdad) where heavy fighting took place between the two parties and resulting in the deaths of 45 IS terrorists, while 22 of the Peshmerga forces lost their lives. “Additionally, four Peshmerga fighters were injured and transferred to hospitals in Duhok,” he added. Alternatively, sources in Mosul told ARA News (on the condition of anonymity) that the IS-linked medical center in the city received the 13 burned bodies of militants who were killed during Monday battles in Kirkuk and Baiji, located in northern Iraq. Posted by: badanov 2015-05-06 |
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