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A member of the Kurdish forces stands in an area damaged by an improvised explosive device placed by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militants that killed several Peshmerga fighters and injured dozens late Wednesday, when they pushed towards Sinjar Mountain. Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014. (AP Photos)
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Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga forces flash victory signs as they drive near the front lines in Zumar, Iraq, on December 19, 2014.
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Iraq clashes with ISIS delay evacuation of Yazidis
Baghdad, AP—Sporadic clashes between Iraqi Kurdish fighters and Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) extremists, as well as other logistics problems, are delaying the evacuation of the last Yazidis still trapped on Mount Sinjar, an Iraqi lawmaker said Friday....Caption:
Kurdish Peshmerga in Zumar, Iraq, from where they launched their offensive on ISIS on December 18, 2014. (Reuters/Ari Jalal)
Iraqi Kurds liberate besieged Sinjar mountain, freeing hundreds
Zumar, Iraq, Reuters—Kurdish Peshmerga fighters have fought their way to Iraq’s Sinjar mountain and freed hundreds of people trapped there by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters, a Kurdish leader said on Thursday. “The Peshmerga have managed to...Caption:
Peshmerga waiting on Barzani’s go-ahead to retake Sinjar: official
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, backed by thousands of Yazidi volunteers, are preparing for a decisive battle to liberate Mount Sinjar from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a senior Kurdish official told Asharq Al-Awsat. “Peshmerga...Caption:
Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, who fled the violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, march in a demonstration at the Iraqi–Turkish border crossing in Zakho district of the Dahuk Governorate of the Iraqi Kurdistan province, on August 17, 2014. (Reuters/Youssef Boudlal)