40 ISIS dead in one Shingal village alone

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Forty Islamic State (ISIS) militants were killed in heavy clashes in one Shingal village alone in Thursday’s assault by the Peshmerga, a Rudaw correspondent reported from the scene.

"After the surrounding of Kolat village by the Peshmerga, heavy clashes took place and several ISIS militants wanted to fight off the assault by taking positions at schools in the village," said Rudaw correspondent Nasir Ali.

He said that ISIS fighters were quickly defeated and "the village was captured by the Peshmerga, killing 40 militants in it."

He added that "three ISIS car bombs were foiled by the Peshmerga at the village.”

Meanwhile, Sihad Brazani, commander of Peshmerga artillery forces, said that progress had been slow because ISIS had set bombs on the roads.

"ISIS planted many roadside bombs, which is why we did not advance more rapidly," the brother of leader Masoud Barzani added.

He also called on the United States to provide the Peshmerga the arms they need to fight ISIS, instead of insisting on arms supplies only through the central government in Baghdad.

"We hope that the US will review its policy and support us with heavy weapons,” he said.

"ISIS has defeated the Iraqi military and ISIS has heavy weapons," he warned., the UN will be there.