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Peshmerga regain control of Kirkuk oil field occupied by ISIS
Saturday, 31 January, 2015
Shafaq News / A security source in Kirkuk revealed on Saturday, that Kurdish Peshmarga forces managed to regain control of al-Khabaz oil field south of the province after ISIS terrorists entered it during the past few hours.
The source told “Shafaq News” that “ISIS terrorists managed to control the field, which is located 30 kilometers south of Kirkuk and detaining more than twenty employees working in it.”
He added that Peshmarga forces went immediately to the field site and entered in violent clashes with terrorists and was able to regain control of it.
However, the fate of the detained staff is still unknown so far, without referring to the death toll in the ranks of ISIS terrorist organization nor Peshmarga forces in these clashes.
ISIS Terrorists are trying to control the areas that contains oil fields in the province to secure financial resources from the sale of oil extracted from fields by smuggling it to Syria.
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Saturday, 31 January, 2015
Shafaq News / A security source in Kirkuk revealed on Saturday, that Kurdish Peshmarga forces managed to regain control of al-Khabaz oil field south of the province after ISIS terrorists entered it during the past few hours.
The source told “Shafaq News” that “ISIS terrorists managed to control the field, which is located 30 kilometers south of Kirkuk and detaining more than twenty employees working in it.”
He added that Peshmarga forces went immediately to the field site and entered in violent clashes with terrorists and was able to regain control of it.
However, the fate of the detained staff is still unknown so far, without referring to the death toll in the ranks of ISIS terrorist organization nor Peshmarga forces in these clashes.
ISIS Terrorists are trying to control the areas that contains oil fields in the province to secure financial resources from the sale of oil extracted from fields by smuggling it to Syria.
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