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| 100+ ISIS Bad Guys die near Ninevah |
| 2015-10-30 |
| [ARA News] ERBIL – The Kurdish Popular Defence Forces (HPG) and the Shingal Resisting Units (YPŞ) announced they were able to kill more than 100 extremists of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Mount Sinjar in the northern Iraqi province of Nineveh. The Kurdish forces of the HPG and YPŞ –affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)– in cooperation with the Peshmerga have started the battle for Shingal under the banner “Gele Shelo campaign” since Oct. 8. “Since Oct. 8, ISIS terrorists have received heavy blows by the HPG, YPŞ and the Peshmerga,” the joint leadership said in a statement on Thursday. “During the campaign, more than 100 ISIS terrorists have been killed,” the statement read. “Our forces were able to seize a large deal of arms and ammunition from the terror group.” “We hit several strongholds belonging to the terror group in the Shingal area with heavy weapons,” it added. The statement also explained “our forces carried out Wednesday a strategic military operation against ISIS extremists, during which dozens of militants were killed and wounded.” Speaking to ARA News, Zaki Shingali, member of the Kurdish Community Movement (KCK), said that the Kurdish forces fighting in Shingal are the PKK-linked HPG YPŞ and the Peshmerga army. More at the link |
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