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Kurds Launch Anti-Daesh Operation in Northern Iraq - Patriotic Union

© AFP 2023 / SAFIN HAMEDIraqi Kurdish forces take part in an operation in northern Iraq backed by US-led strikes
Iraqi Kurdish forces take part in an operation in northern Iraq backed by US-led strikes - Sputnik International
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The Kurdish militias have begun an operation against Daesh with support of the US-led coalition in northern Iraq, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) party said Saturday.

Iraqi Kurdish girls carry a Kurdistan flag during the celebration of Flag Day in the northern city of Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq - Sputnik International
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SULAYMANIYAH (Iraq), (Sputnik) – The Kurds are aided by the US-led coalition’s planes.

"The volunteer forces launched an attack on a village near Mount Ba'shiqah, they managed to liberate the village," the party’s media center said, citing a PUK spokesperson.

Daesh, a terrorist group outlawed in Russia, the United States and many other countries, seized vast territories in Syria and Iraq. A US-led coalition of more than 60 nations has been carrying out airstrikes against the group in both countries since 2014.

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