Iraqi Kurdish security forces retake control of several towns IS

Kurdish security forces, known as Peshmerga, clash with the Islamic State (IS) militants in some villages near Kirkuk, Iraq, on Sept. 30, 2014. Kurdish security forces on Tuesday retook control of a border town with Syria and several others villages from the hands of the Islamic State (IS) militants after heavy clashes in northern Iraq, security sources said. (Xinhua/Dena Assad)



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