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11:02 P.M. Kurdish forces launch attack on ISIS in Sinjar
Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga forces Saturday started a major offensive to retake the northern town of Sinjar from the Islamic State militant group, a Kurdish official said.
'The Peshmerga launched today an attack from different directions to liberate Sinjar from the [Islamic State] organization and are making an advance,' the official told dpa on condition of anonymity.
He added that the Kurdish forces had attacked the jihadists' positions in the area using heavy weapons and causing unspecified casualties.
In August, the al-Qaida breakaway group overran Sinjar, near the Syrian border, and seized it from the Peshmerga, forcing an exodus of its mostly Yezidi inhabitants.
The militants at the time executed dozens of the Yezidis for refusing to convert to Islam. (DPA)
Friday:
10:08 P.M. Blast in Sinai injures seven soldiers
Egyptian security officials say a roadside bomb explosion struck an army vehicle, injuring seven soldiers in the northern region of the Sinai Peninsula.
The Friday blast near the city of el-Arish, near the Gaza border, came a week after a deadly attack in the same are killed 31 soldiers. Authorities declared a state of emergency and a curfew in the area.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the press. (AP)
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