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With help from the U.S., Kurdish peshmerga forces say they have seized the Iraqi town of Sinjar from Islamic State, in one of the most significant counter-attacks since the militants swept through the north last year. Mana Rabiee has more.
With assistance from U.S. airstrikes, Kurdish forces say they have made progress in an offensive to retake the Iraqi town of Sinjar from Islamic State militants. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
US Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications, Ben Rhodes, warned Turkey against engaging with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), during the daily press briefing in Washington D.C. on Monday. Rhodes said that although the US support the Turkish effort to rid Jarablus of so-called Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) fighters, they do not however "support and we would oppose efforts to move south and engage in activities against" the SDF.
Kurdish peshmerga forces enter Sinjar to begin clearing the northern Iraqi town of Islamic State militants. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
The Pentagon said Kurdish peshmerga forces have started clearing parts of Iraq's Sinjar and have established positions along an IS supply route. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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