Jihadists of the Islamic state (EI) expressed their resolve in a statement Monday to extend their grip on the territories held by the Kurds in northern Iraq, after several setbacks inflicted on peshmerga the last 48 hours.
“Brigades of the Islamic state have now reached the triangle between Turkey, Syria and Iraq. God allowed his mujahideen to liberate the entire region, “the group said in a statement.
He then recalled his most important recorded victories this weekend, the country’s progress since the beginning of its offensive on June 9, which allowed him to win in a few days, large swathes of territory in the north, whose second largest city Mosul in Nineveh province.
Sunday, the IU grabbed Sinjar and two other cities in the same area, near the Syrian border. The day before, he had taken control of Zumar, still in the province of Nineveh, and now threatens the Mosul Dam, the largest in the country.
“The mujahedeen have won several controlled by gangs and militias Kurdish areas,” said the statement, issued by the branch of EI in the province of Nineveh.
“Apostates enemies were humiliated, dozens were killed and injured and hundreds more have fled,” it adds.
The government of the autonomous region of Kurdistan, which includes the provinces of Dohuk, Erbil and Sulaymaniyah, did not provide for bankruptcy victims or commented on reports of the capture of the peshmerga, the Kurdish fighters.
Up to 200,000 people have fled Sinjar, had said Sunday the UN, its envoy in Iraq, Nickolay Mladenov, speaking of a “humanitarian tragedy.”
Areas taken this weekend by the AEs were areas where the peshmerga had taken place, after the rout of the forces of the federal government before the explosive offensive of IE and other Sunni insurgents.
The latest advances in the IE allow the group to move more easily between Mosul and the Syrian border, beyond which it also controls many areas.
Stéphane © armenews.com