Ain Zalah (IraqiNews.com) A source in the Kurdish Peshmerga forces said on Thursday that militants of the organization of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant blew up oil wells and oil stockpiles in Zammar District, pointing out that Kurdish Peshmerga were advancing in pursuit of ISIS fighters as reported earlier by IraqiNews.com.

The source said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, that “The militants of ISIS, who exist in Zammar District, blew up three oil wells in the field of Ain Zalah,” noting that “a great fire burned in the locations of the oil wells.”

The source, who requested anonymity, said that “the Peshmerga forces started advancing, this morning, toward Zammar district from three axes,” noting that “the Peshmerga managed to progress significantly toward entering the center of the district.”

The organization of ISIS dominated Zammar district, the province of Nineveh, in the beginning of the current month of August after the withdrawal of the Peshmerga forces.