Kurdish forces retook two towns from the Sunni militants
Islamic State militants
Baghdad: Kurdish forces retook two towns from the Sunni militants that have seized large parts of northern Iraq, said a senior Kurdish military official, amid of a building international response that has included aidrops and airstrikes.
Brig. Gen. Shirko Fatih said the Kurdish fighters were able to push the militants of the Islamic State group out of the villages of Makhmour and al Gweir some 45 km from Erbil, in one of the first victories by the Kurdish forces that until now have been in retreat.
Meanwhile, during a visit to Baghdad, France’s foreign minister said during that Paris will provide “several tons” of aid to hundreds of thousands of internally displaced people and called upon leaders in Baghdad to unite against militants who have seized large parts of the country.
( Source : AFP )
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