ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Peshmerga forces repulsed an ISIS attack on their farthest defensive line on the western Shingal front on Saturday, a Kurdish military official told Rudaw.
“Militants in a vehicle attempted to break through Peshmerga defenses, on the farthest Peshmerga-ISIS point on the western Shingal front, but they failed,” said Khalid Hamza, a Peshmerga commander on the front.
“Peshmerga forces are on alert to fight off any assault by the ISIS extremists," he said.
Meanwhile, warplanes from the US-led coalition carried out 12 air raids against ISIS positions in Iraq on Saturday, destroying bunkers, shelters and bases.
The raids struck near Shingal, Mosul, Gayara, Ramadi and Fallujah, according to a statement by the US Central Command.
It also reported that five barrel bombs were dropped in Syria, targeting ISIS posts and positions near the group's self-proclaimed capital, Raqqa.
The ISIS assaults against the Peshmerga coincide with a Kurdish-American commando operation Friday night against a base belonging to the group near Hawija, killing a number of militants and capturing others, Kirkuk police said.
“Militants in a vehicle attempted to break through Peshmerga defenses, on the farthest Peshmerga-ISIS point on the western Shingal front, but they failed,” said Khalid Hamza, a Peshmerga commander on the front.
“Peshmerga forces are on alert to fight off any assault by the ISIS extremists," he said.
Meanwhile, warplanes from the US-led coalition carried out 12 air raids against ISIS positions in Iraq on Saturday, destroying bunkers, shelters and bases.
The raids struck near Shingal, Mosul, Gayara, Ramadi and Fallujah, according to a statement by the US Central Command.
It also reported that five barrel bombs were dropped in Syria, targeting ISIS posts and positions near the group's self-proclaimed capital, Raqqa.
The ISIS assaults against the Peshmerga coincide with a Kurdish-American commando operation Friday night against a base belonging to the group near Hawija, killing a number of militants and capturing others, Kirkuk police said.
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