Kurdish Forces Retake Strategic Highway in Iraq's North From ISIS - New York Times
| New York Times | Kurdish Forces Retake Strategic Highway in Iraq's North From ISIS New York Times MOUNT SINJAR, Iraq — Kurdish forces aided by thousands of lightly armed Yazidi fighters captured a strategic highway on Thursday in northern Iraq in the early stages of an offensive to reclaim the town of Sinjar from the Islamic State, which seized it ... U.S. Backed-Kurds Launch Offensive To Retake IS-Held Iraqi Town Sinjar US-Backed Kurdish Offensive Pushes to Retake Sinjar From ISIS Kurdish forces, backed by US-led coalition, launch offensive in Iraq |