ISIS group overran large areas of five provinces in June
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Baghdad/Manila: Iraqi forces broke through to the jihadist-besieged Shia town of Amerli, where thousands of people have been trapped for more than two months with dwindling food and water supplies.
It is the biggest offensive success for the Iraqi government since militants led by the Sunni Islamic State jihadist group overran large areas of five provinces in June.
The breakthrough came as America carried out limited strikes in the area, the first time it has expanded its more than three-week air campaign against militants outside of Iraq’s north.
In Syria, dozens of Fili-pino UN peacekeepers escaped the hot zone overnight after rebels rammed their Golan Heights outpost with trucks, the Philippine military said.
( Source : AFP )
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