Iraqi Kurds Recapture 12 Villages From IS Militants

Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq say they have driven the Islamic State group from more than 140 square kilometers of territory near the oil-rich city of Kirkuk and cleared part of a major highway. The Kurdish peshmerga fighters, backed by U.S.-led airstrikes, pushed the militants 48 kilometers south of Kirkuk and secured a stretch of a highway which connects Kirkuk to the central city of Samarra, a statement from the Kurdistan Region Security Council (KRSC) said. Talking to VOA...

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