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Charlotte Alfred, Huffington Post: Politics
Sat, 10/25/2014 - 6:49am

ARBIL, Iraq, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Kurdish forces retook the northern Iraqi town of Zumar and several nearby villages from Islamic State early on Saturday after heavy coalition air strikes against the Islamist insurgents, security sources said. A Kurdish intelligence officer in Zumar said peshmerga forces had advanced from five directions in the early morning and encountered fierce resistance, but ultimately prevailed.

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