ISIL Surprise Attack on Kirkuk Thwarted

Exploiting yesterday’s fog as a cover from coalition airstrikes, ISIL deployed hundreds of militants to Kirkuk – a city in Northern Iraq under Kurdish control. By nightfall, ISIL militants had launched a surprise attack on Peshmerga (Kurdish soldiers protecting Iraqi Kurdistan) positions in the city. The ensuing fierce battle killed 8 Peshmerga fighters and over...