SULAYMANIYAH (Iraq), (Sputnik) – Kurdish Peshmerga forces liberated a northern Iraqi village and repelled an attack as it continued its advance against Daesh, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan’s (PUK) media center said Sunday.
"Peshmerga forces liberated the Mufti village in the vicinity of Makhmur city [Erbil province]," the media center said in a Russian-language statement.
A PUK official from Nineveh province later told the outlet that the operation in Mufti advanced and positions in Khatun consolidated thanks to progress through attacks on Daesh positions in nearby Khazar.
The official added that international coalition jets destroyed trucks mined by the retreating jihadists designated as a terrorist group in a number of countries, including Russia.
The Kurdish campaign in Iraq is being conducted alongside the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance offensive to free Daesh stronghold of Raqqa in northern Syria.
