Kurdish Fighters Launch Offensive to Retake Isis-Held Iraqi Town Sinjar

Kurdish Iraqi fighters, backed by the U.S.-led air campaign, launched an assault Thursday aiming to retake the strategic town of Sinjar

An Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighter fires at ISIS militant positions, from his position on the top of Mount Zardak, a strategic point about 15.5 miles (25 km) east of Mosul on Sept. 9, 2014. J.M. Lopez/AFP/Getty Images

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