At Least 1,000 ISIS Militants Defect To The Kurdish Forces Near Kirkuk, Iraq

A Kurdish general has said that close to 1,000 suspected ISIS militants have surrendered to Kurdish forces near Kirkuk in the last few weeks. Most of the suspects fled among civilians who left Hawija, about 40 miles (64 kilometres) west of Kirkuk after Iraqi troops launched a military operation to retake the town of approximately...