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Kurdish Forces Launch Operation to Retake Iraqi Town

Kurdish forces have begun an operation to force out militants with the Islamic State group from a strategic town in northern Iraq. Officials said Kurdish peshmerga fighters early Friday retook several areas of Jalawla, 115 kilometers northeast of Baghdad. The flashpoint town, which is just south of the Kurdish semi-autonomous region, was captured by Islamic State extremists on August 11. The peshmerga have recently begun regaining lost territory, in part with the help of U.S....


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