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Iraq Situation Report: January 17-18, 2015
Jan 18, 2015 - Institute for t...
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The attacks by ISIS on Peshmerga forces in the main area of Sinjar district, west of Mosul, highlight that the area remains contested between ISIS on one side and Peshmerga, Yazidi fighters, and most likely fighters from the Kurdish YPG on the other side.