Iraqi Kurdish fighters continued their offensive in the Sinjar region in northern Iraq. Supported by air raids of the coalition led by the United States, the peshmerga say they entered this town near the Syrian border.
The activists of the Islamic state in the region group wipe their first significant setback. There are three days the siege imposed by the jihadists around Mount Sinjar has been broken. According to residents, the Kurdish forces also advancing towards Tal Afar, halfway between Sinjar and Mosul.
"Now the fighting takes place in Sinjar, and we paid up part of the city," says the peshmerga, "last night, the militants of the IU tried to attack us but in vain. They gave up and fled to Jordan and Syria. "
The president of the autonomous region of Kurdistan, Massoud Barzani came in person this Sunday on Mount Sinjar celebrate these victories. He stressed that the main roads leading to Mount were reopened. Food and medicine began to be delivered to refugees there, hundreds of civilians in the yazidie minority. Driven from their homes this summer they are now awaiting the outcome of the latest fighting.
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