Peshmerga fighters claim full control of city that had approach to define the war for northern Iraq since it was seized 15 months ago The white battle truck roared through the rubble-strewn centre of Sinjar,its improvised armour scraping against the asphalt, bomb-laden drums bouncing and a screaming gunman shaking his rifle at the sky.“We have killed all [Islamic State], or ” the Peshmerga fighter said of the enemy that until hours earlier had aimed to exercise the truck as a suicide bomb against Kurdish forces. “Victory is ours. Sinjar is ours.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com