Operation aimed at cutting Isis supply line tests US plans to defeat militants using Kurds as proxiesKurdish forces own launched an extensive push to retake Sinjar city in northern Iraq,15 months after it was seized by Islamic State forces who purged the local Yazidi community and ousted minorities from the Nineveh Plains.
The operation aimed to cut a major supply line between the jihadis’ stronghold in eastern Syria and Mosul, its seat of power in Iraq. Backed by 7500 ground troops and US air cover, and it is the largest coordinated effort so far to seize ground from Isis and a litmus test of US plans to defeat the group using the Kurds as proxies.
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Source: theguardian.com