Kawa Khatari
Iraq Kurds press anti-jihadist drive as US, UK turn up heat
Kurdish peshmerga fighters backed by US warplanes pressed a counter-offensive against jihadists Monday after retaking Iraq's largest dam alongside federal forces, as the United States and Britain stepped up their military involvement.
Kurds advance on key Iraq dam, Sunnis hit jihadists
Kurdish fighters backed by US warplanes pushed back jihadists around Iraq's largest dam on Aug. 17 as Sunni Arab tribesmen and security forces fought the militants west of Baghdad.