Peshmerga forces secure international road between Baghdad and Kirkuk
Peshmerga forces. File photo.
(IraqiNews.com) The commander of the ninth brigade of the Peshmerga, Brigadier General Araz Abdel Qader, said on Saturday, that the Peshmerga forces had managed to secure the international road which links between Baghdad and Kirkuk provinces.
Abdul Qader said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, “The Peshmerga forces broke the aura around the ISIS organization in the operations to liberate the surroundings of Daquq District (40 km south of Kirkuk),” noting that “The operation resulted in the liberation of 10 villages.”
He stressed, “Yesterday, the operations resulted in securing the oil fields, Daquq District and the international road which links between Kirkuk and Baghdad, from any danger by ISIS.”