The Kurdish regional president in Iraq said that peshmerga forces have taken the northern town of Sinjar from Islamic State (IS) militants in an offensive backed by US-led airstrikes. Masoud Barzani made the announcement during a press conference held on top of Mount Sinjar, which overlooks the town. Earlier, the Kurdistan regional security council said forces had entered Sinjar “from all directions” to begin clearing the town of IS militants, seizing key buildings in the process. It said IS militants were “defeated and on the...
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