Sinjar battle: Kurds 'take control' of large area from IS Kurdish authorities say their Peshmerga forces have taken control of a "large area" of the Iraqi town of Sinjar from Islamic State militants.

Sinjar battle: Kurds 'take control' of large area from IS

Kurdish authorities say their Peshmerga forces have taken control of a 

"large area" of the Iraqi town of Sinjar from Islamic State militants.