According to the Post, at between seven and 18 Kurdish fighters were killed.
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At least 15 Kurdish soldiers of the Peshmerga army were killed in an offensive by militant fighters of the Islamic State (ISIS) in northern Iraq, military sources confirmed on Wednesday.
Flanking Italy’s troops will be soldiers from the U.S.-led coalition against IS, including Kurdish Peshmerga, but Italy will be in command of the mission, the spokesman said.
Hundreds of heavily-armed ISIS militants launched a “significant” 17-hour assault on Kurdish forces in Iraq, a commander said Thursday as Defense Secretary Ash Carter continued his visit to the country.
No U.S. or coalition forces were “in danger”, said Odom, describing the attack as “pretty significant”. “The pesh got a little bit of a black eye, but they put the other guy in the hospital”, he said.
Among the sites targeted by IS was Bashiqa, where Turkish forces have recently been training Iraqi Kurds, sparking a row with the Iraqi government. Using auto bombs, suicide bombers, little arms & even bulldozers, Islamic State conducted a shock attack against Peshmerga forces in 4 locations around Mosul late Wednesday., in accordance to US military officers right here.
Renzi, who has refused overtures from the French and Americans to join in air strikes on Islamic State (IS) in Syria, said the dam project was a concrete way to safeguard civilians and oppose Islamist militants. The assistance would include Apache attack helicopters, combat advisers and more special operations forces.
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The resolution stipulates the freezing of assets, travel ban and arms embargo against anyone doing business with the Islamic State.
