Islamic State Launches Major Assault On Kurdish Positions Near Erbil

• published: 18 Feb 2015
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Kurdish officials say that ISIS fighters have launched a major assault southwest of Irbil, in the Kurdish controlled region of Iraq. CNN's Tim Lister reports. Would you like to know more? ISIS launches major assault on Kurdish front in Iraq (CNN, Feb 17, 2015) http://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/17/middleeast/iraq-irbil-isis-assault/index.html "ISIS fighters launched a major assault Tuesday night southwest of Irbil in the Kurdish region of Iraq, Kurdish officials said. A "big attack" is taking place near the towns of Gwer and Makhmour, one Kurdish source told CNN, citing an assistant to Gen. Sirwan Barzani, commander of the sector. The towns are some 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Irbil, the Kurdish capital. According to Kurdish officials in the area, fighting at close quarters was continuing hours after the first ISIS assault was launched at about 9 p.m. local time (1 p.m. ET). ISIS launched its offensive on Kurdish positions from several directions, one Kurdish official said. Coalition aircraft were in the area, according to the officials, but they had so far been unable to fire on ISIS units because of the close proximity of the two sides on the ground. A CNN team was in the area 10 days ago and was told by fighters at the front that ISIS was making almost daily attempts to infiltrate through Kurdish lines, which are strung out along a stretch of the River Zab. Fortifications are few and far between. Volunteer fighters have very little in the way of weaponry. In January, nearly 30 Peshmerga fighters were killed in the area by a surprise ISIS attack across the river...." ISLAMIC STATE Claims Video Shows Peshmerga Fighters In Cages https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNsvooGx8II Airstrikes Pound ISLAMIC STATE Targets In Mosul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOCJwODMEnU Kurdish Forces Try To Beat Back ISIS At The Gates Of Kirkuk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ8NmgHE36A Will U.S. Advisers Move To Iraqi Front Lines? (Mosul Offensive In Planning) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTHKFmcStmI ISLAMIC STATE Launches Attack On Oil Rich Northern Iraqi City Of Kirkuk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VccCu4HnvVo Islamic State: Kurdish Forces Fighting For Sinjar City Street By Street https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh1HhysGC5I Iraq PM Maliki Calls For State Of Emergency Over Mosul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIKH8Dqt9X0 ISLAMIC STATE Is An Islamic State https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpIHPQmTrX-Ljf9MI_UR-NwmEWq4pwvm6