The thousands of people stranded on Mount Sinjar, should begin to be evacuated Friday. The peshmerga, Iraqi Kurdish fighters, announced having opened a corridor away from the attacks of the organization Islamic state. Many families of the Yazidi minority are trapped since last summer in the mountains of northern Iraq, fleeing the advance of jihadists.
Between Mosul and Syria, the road that crosses Mount Sinjar is a crucial supply route for fighters of IE.
This Thursday, the peshmerga welcomed for breaking the siege of Mount Sinjar. With this success, Marsour Barzani, the president of the autonomous region of Kurdistan Security Council, called for reinforcements. "The liberation of Mosul require the participation of Arab forces including the Iraqi military forces," he said.
This is Mount Sinjar drama that triggered the start of the air campaign by the United States there are four months. The Kurdish victory in this area has been strengthened by the announcement of US officials to the recent death of several key leaders of the Islamic State group.
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