#Iraq Kurd chief visits #Mount_Sinjar after #ISIS siege broken
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Peshmerga fighters on their way to battle ISIS in Sinjar district on December 17, 2014. Anadolu / Emrah Yorulmaz Peshmerga fighters on their way to battle ISIS in Sinjar district on December 17, 2014. Anadolu / Emrah Yorulmaz
Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud #Barzani hailed victories over the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) jihadist group during a visit on Sunday to Mount Sinjar, which had been besieged by the militants for months. Thousands of the autonomous Kurdish region’s peshmerga fighters, coordinating with Iraqi troops and volunteering pro-government fighters, launched a major operation on Wednesday which broke the second ISIS siege of Mount Sinjar this year. read (...)