KEY HIGHLIGHTS
Kurdish fighters continue fighting the Islamic State and since Wednesday 26th August 2015, they have successfully managed to clear territory and freed villages in northern Iraq.
The Kurdish forces also known as Peshmerga, were helped out by US-led coalition to carry out airstrikes seizing more than 200 square kilometers from the militants and clearing them out of seven villages.
On Friday 28th August 2015, Pentagon released a video showing U.S. airstrike destroying an Islamic State armored vehicle which was intended to be used as a truck bomb near Tuz in northern Iraq.
Video released Friday by the Pentagon shows a U.S. airstrike destroying an Islamic State armored vehicle to be used as a truck bomb near Tuz in northern Iraq.
U.S.-led coalition airstrikes will continue destroying Islamic State positions, infrastructure, and equipment in support of the Kurds.
Kurdistan is an autonomous region encompassing large part of northern Iraq, has expanded since the fight against Islamic State began.
