Iraqi Kurds advance on jihadist militants
Kirkuk, Iraq (AFP) Aug 25, 2014 - Iraqi Kurdish forces backed by air power retook three villages from jihadist militants northeast of Baghdad on Monday and also held off two assaults elsewhere, officials said. Militants led by the Islamic State (IS) group overran large chunks of Iraq in a lightning June offensive that swept security forces aside. But Iraqi federal forces and the autonomous Kurdish region's peshmerga figh ... more
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