Friday, August 29, 2014

Jihadists Set Three Oilfields Ablaze in Northern Iraq

8/29/2014

BAGHDAD – Jihadists of the Islamic State (IS) set fire on Thursday to three oilfields in the town of Zemar, located in the northern Iraqi province of Nineveh, after fighting with the Kurdish troops, or Peshmerga.

Kurdish sources told Efe the “terrorists” burned the oilfields in retaliation for losses suffered at the hands of the Peshmerga.

The Peshmerga forces attacked IS fighters in Zemar and managed to regain five villages, leaving at least 13 rebels dead and several vehicles destroyed.

Among the Kurdish gains was Mount Batan, a strategic location between the villages of Zemar and Rabi’a.

Iraq has been the scene of a sectarian war since last June, when the Sunni insurgents launched an offensive in the northern half of the country.

The IS extremist group, which takes a radical interpretation of Islam, late June proclaimed an Islamic Caliphate in the area it controls in Iraq and Syria.


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