Peshmerga pulled back to June 2014 line: Iraqi military commander

Ersin Çelik
11:1618/10/2017, среда
U: 18/10/2017, среда
REUTERS
A man sells Iraqi flags in Kirkuk, Iraq.
A man sells Iraqi flags in Kirkuk, Iraq.

Kurdish Peshmerga forces returned on Wednesday to positions they held in June 2014, before Daesh invaded northern and western Iraq, a senior Iraqi military commander told Reuters.

Kurdish forces returned to that line after handing over positions in Nineveh's province on Tuesday, having expanded their territory in the course of the three-year war with Daesh.

On Monday, government forces captured the oil-rich Kirkuk city from Peshmerga forces and advanced to retake disputed areas held by the KRG.

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