KIRKUK, Kurdistan Region - At least 18 unarmed militants from the Islamic State (ISIS) handed themselves over to Kurdish Peshmerga forces on Friday in the village of Ghubaiba in Kirkuk province, a military official told Rudaw. Shwan Hama Gharib, a commander of the Peshmerga forces, said the fighters walked into the Peshmerga base in Ghubaiba to surrender. The fighters walked into the Peshmerga base without any guns, and are now under investigation by Kurdish forces, Gharib added. Pushing through with their recent offensive Kurdish Peshmerga forces, backed with coalition airstrikes, attacked ISIS militants and took control of major villages and towns in Kirkuk province on Friday.
