Kurdish forces claim retreat at ISIS

Yazdi people Irq

Kurdish forces claim retreat at ISIS

Kurdish forces numbered at least 8,000 personnel in combat operations to Mount Sinjar.

Kurdish forces in northern Iraq celebrated the biggest victory over the militia calling itself the Islamic State or ISIS.

Kurdish forces claim to have memukur ISIS militia retreated in Mount Sinjar, where thousands of Iraqi Yazidis and stuck since last August.

ISIS militia attacks against the Kurds began on Wednesday (17/12) morning local time 45 air strikes supported by the US military and coalition forces.

On land, the Kurdish Peshmerga least 8,000 fighters carried out two attacks moment called being able to open the area so that people can move Yazidis.

The Yazidi trapped in Mount Sinjar since ISIS militia occupied the region.

Masrus Barzani, Kurdistan Regional Security Advisory Council, said the operation was started from Zumar to Mount Sinjar.

"The operation was very large and gratitude has ended successfully," he said.

As a result of the attack, the Kurdish forces commander said some militia had fled towards the west to Syria or eastwards towards Mosul.

As reported by the BBC correspondent, Jim Muir, Kurdish attacks will generate tremendous breakthrough if ISIS militia fled.

However, he added, is still a long way considering ISIS still control Sinjar town in the south of Mount Sinjar. Similarly, the city of Mosul and Tal Afar city. (BBC)