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Iraq
ISIL Reels from major loss to Kurdish Forces at Sinjar

ISIL Reels from major loss to Kurdish Forces at Sinjar

contributors 11/14/2015

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Wall Street Journal | (Video News Report) | – –

“Kurdish forces on Friday retook control of the strategic Iraqi city of Sinjar from Islamic State militants, Kurdish officials said, as a separate assault began on the southern city of Ramadi.”

Wall Street Journal: “Kurdish Forces Retake Sinjar From [so-called] Islamic State [group]”

Filed Under: Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Kurds

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