Friday, November 13, 2015

Kurds enter Sinjar 'from all directions' - Kurdistan security council

Fri Nov 13, 2015 7:52am GMT Related: WORLD
NEAR SINJAR TOWN
Reuters

Kurdish peshmerga forces entered Sinjar "from all directions" on Friday to begin clearing the northern Iraqi town of Islamic State militants, the Kurdistan regional security council said in a tweet.

Heavy bursts of gunfire could be heard inside the town, as fighters filed down the hill overlooking the town from the north, some with rocket-propelled grenades on their shoulders, said a Reuters witness.

Backed by U.S.-led airstrikes, the Kurds cut Sinjar off from east and west on Thursday in an offensive against Islamic State that could provide critical momentum in efforts to defeat the jihadist group.

(Reporting by Isabel Coles; Writing by Stephen Kalin; Editing by Michael Georgy and John Stonestreet)


1 comment:

  1. Hi to every body, it's my first pay a visit of this webpage; this web site
    contains remarkable and really fine information for visitors.


    Here is my homepage :: premier dental in natick ma

    ReplyDelete