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Kurdish Fighters Recapture the Iraqi Town of Sinjar From ISIS

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Kurdish fighters who have been locked in battle with Islamic State militants for control of the Iraqi town of Sinjar raised a Kurdish flag over the town Friday and declared victory over the group at the strategically important location. Kurdish fighters, also known as peshmerga, launched a ground offensive to retake Sinjar on just after sunrise Thursday. Supported by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes, they succeeded in off cutting a key nearby highway in the operation, dubbed "Operation Free Sinjar." However, U.S. and Kurdish military officials urged caution in declaring outright victory over the extremist group in the major offensive to retake the strategically important city. The ISIS militants have been in control of the town for more than a year since seizing it as they swept across northern Iraq in the summer of 2014.

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