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Peshmerga expel Daash of ten villages in Kirkuk
Kirkuk - Iraq Press August -27 / August: Kurdish military sources said that Peshmerga forces backed by coalition aircraft strikes raids managed to expel the organization "Daash" of ten villages in the province of Kirkuk.
The attack began at dawn on Wednesday, in the town of Daquq, north of the capital Baghdad. The sources said that by the evening was the Kurdish forces took control of an area of about 250 square kilometers.
He said the Security Council in the Kurdistan region that up to 2,000 of the peshmerga fighters participated in the attack and dozens of Daash fighters were killed.
A Kurdish military commander involved in the operation that five of the Kurdish peshmerga forces were killed, mostly due to improvised explosive devices.
The front lines did not move between the Peshmerga forces and fighters of the organization in the province of Kirkuk in months.
Kurds and controls most of the land which they say is within the boundaries of the Kurdistan region and there is what motivates them to more progress in the towns and villages of the majority population of Sunni Arabs, but those that pose a direct threat to their region.
Brigadier-General Abdul Rahman Araz "This area (near Daquq) represented a threat to the main road from Baghdad to Kirkuk and the Kurdish villages and other villages adjacent to the areas controlled by the Daash".
Peshmerga forces and emerged as an important partner of the United States in its campaign to air Daash.
The Security Council said in a statement: "warplanes targeted international coalition fighting dozens of sites to Daash of 2200 on 25 August in preparation for ground attack and provided air support throughout the process."
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Kirkuk - Iraq Press August -27 / August: Kurdish military sources said that Peshmerga forces backed by coalition aircraft strikes raids managed to expel the organization "Daash" of ten villages in the province of Kirkuk.
The attack began at dawn on Wednesday, in the town of Daquq, north of the capital Baghdad. The sources said that by the evening was the Kurdish forces took control of an area of about 250 square kilometers.
He said the Security Council in the Kurdistan region that up to 2,000 of the peshmerga fighters participated in the attack and dozens of Daash fighters were killed.
A Kurdish military commander involved in the operation that five of the Kurdish peshmerga forces were killed, mostly due to improvised explosive devices.
The front lines did not move between the Peshmerga forces and fighters of the organization in the province of Kirkuk in months.
Kurds and controls most of the land which they say is within the boundaries of the Kurdistan region and there is what motivates them to more progress in the towns and villages of the majority population of Sunni Arabs, but those that pose a direct threat to their region.
Brigadier-General Abdul Rahman Araz "This area (near Daquq) represented a threat to the main road from Baghdad to Kirkuk and the Kurdish villages and other villages adjacent to the areas controlled by the Daash".
Peshmerga forces and emerged as an important partner of the United States in its campaign to air Daash.
The Security Council said in a statement: "warplanes targeted international coalition fighting dozens of sites to Daash of 2200 on 25 August in preparation for ground attack and provided air support throughout the process."
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