Iraqi Kurds Retake Territory; Seek More Help to Free Mosul

No one is yet talking about victory in the war against the vicious group that calls itself the Islamic State (IS). Today’s shocking attack in Paris underlines the threat that terrorist fanatics pose to civilized society everywhere. But on the battlefronts of Iraq, IS has lost its edge. Iraqi Kurdish forces, backed by U.S. airpower, have now retaken virtually all the territory they lost to the group over the summer, according to Falah Mustafa Bakir, head of the department of foreign...

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