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Kurds repel ISIS attack on Makhmur
[ARA News] ZAXO – The Peshmerga forces of Iraqi Kurdistan on Saturday repelled an offensive by militants of the Islamic State (ISIS) near Makhmur district, according to military sources. Peshmerga commander Serwan Barzani stated that five ISIS militants infiltrated into the Kuber-Makhmur area in a bid to launch suicide attacks on Peshmerga headquarters. “Four of them were arrested before detonating their explosive belts, while the fifth terrorist bombed himself,” Barzani said in Erbil, capital of Iraqi Kurdistan. “One Peshmerga fighter was injured in the explosion, and his situation is stable now,” he added. Posted by: badanov 2016-05-29 |
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