Peshmarga progress from several axes to clear Zammar and Ain Zala by US-Iraqi air support

by **Kevind53** Thu Aug 28, 2014 12:42 pm

Thursday, 28 August 2014 10:46

Shafaq News / An official source in Nineveh revealed on Thursday, that Peshmarga Kurdish forces are launching since today's dawn attack from four axes to areas near Zammar and Ain Zala, pointing out that they are progressing rapidly to cleared these areas from terrorists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria “ISIS” organization by the support of the American and Iraqi aircraft tamping terrorists' positions and their vehicles.

The source, who asked not to be identified said in an interview with "Shafaq News", that “Peshmarga Kurdish forces are launching since the early hours of Thursday morning attack from four axes, while American and Iraqi aircraft have launched strikes on sites of ISIS terrorists in the vicinity of Zammar sub-district and Ain Zala fields in Nineveh province, stressing that the terrorists of ISIS retreated to the back, leaving their dead and their equipment.

The source added that Peshmarga forces aim to clear Zammar and Ain Zala from elements of ISIS and restore areas that have signed into their own hands earlier this month.

ISIS terrorists had taken control of large parts of the provinces of Nineveh , Salahuddin, Kirkuk and Diyala in a broad attack on the ninth of last June after the sudden withdrawal of the Iraqi security forces, while controlled Sinjar and Zammar areas, which was under the control of Peshmarga forces early August before Peshmarga regain the lead and start attacking to restore those areas in collaboration with the American and Iraq aviation.

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