A major Peshmerga operation launched against the Islamic State (ISIS) in the early hours of Sunday has freed the four villages of Takh, Tal Hamid, Qarqasha Abzakh Shnaf and Ganmashi.
The Kurdish forces aim to retake 11 villages in total, most of them Kurdish with a few Arab villages among them.
During their advance on the Khazir front the Peshmerga destroyed two ISIS car bombs with the German-supplied Milan missiles.
Rudaw reporters on the front said the militants attempted to drive the explosive-packed trucks into the Peshmerga troops.
Military officials have told Rudaw that Today’s operation which is backed by coalition air strikes will further shrink ISIS territories and push the group back towards its Mosul stronghold.
Kurdish President Masoud Barzani who is commander in chief of the Peshmerga is supervising the operation.
