Iraqi Kurds leader hails Peshmerga victories over ISIL
Iran Press TV
Sun Dec 21, 2014 3:2PM GMT
President of Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Masoud Barzani has commended the recent victories by Peshmerga forces over the ISIL Takfiri terrorists in Mount Sinjar.
Barzani was speaking during a Sunday visit to Mount Sinjar which was retaken from the ISIL militants by Kurdish Peshmerga forces on Thursday after months.
'During the past 48 hours, the Peshmerga opened two main routes to Mount Sinjar,' Barzani said, adding that "a large part of the center of the town of Sinjar" has been also liberated from the ISIL militants.
Barzani further expressed Peshmerga forces' readiness to regain control of the northern city of Mosul "if the Iraqi government asks us."
The KRG president's remarks came after Kurdish Peshmerga forces managed to break the siege of Mount Sinjar in northwestern Iraq and delivered aid to the Izadi Kurds who have been stranded in the area for months.
On Friday, Peshmerga forces also regained control of the Tal Afar Mountain in Iraq's northwestern Nineveh Province from the ISIL Takfiri terrorists.
At least seven villages and the strategic town of Zumar have reportedly been recaptured from the ISIL as part of a major offensive to open a path from the Kurdistan region to Mount Sinjar.
The two-day operation by the Kurdish fighters, which involved 8,000 troops, was the largest so far against ISIL.
Meanwhile, the Iraqi armed forces, backed by Shia volunteers, Sunni tribes and Peshmerga forces, on Sunday recaptured the Tal Afar military base in the city of Tal Afar, west of Iraq's second-largest city, Mosul.
The ISIL terrorists control some parts of Syria and Iraq. They are engaged in crimes against humanity in the areas under their control. ISIL militants have terrorized and killed people of all communities, including Shias, Sunnis, Kurds, and Christians.
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