Peshmerga, IS Battle for Zumar

Peshmerga, IS Battle for Zumar 

On August 31, Kurdish Peshmerga troops entered Zumar. The Kurdish forces launched the offensive after capturing the Ain Zala oilfields just outside of Zumar two days earlier.[5]The Islamic State (IS) fighters torched three oil wells as they retreated from Ain Zala. The Peshmerga have been able to recapture several Islamic State-controlled towns after receiving weaponry from the United States and other nations. As a result of the attack by Peshmerga forces on the Zumar, more than 92 Islamic State militants have been killed and a further 160 taken to hospitals in Mosul with severe injuries.[6] On September 1, the Kurdish claimed to have driven the Islamic State out of the entire Zumar district with support from the U.S. Air Force.[3]