Peshmerga forces confirmed that ISIS is on the defensive in Kirkuk, abandoning many villages to the Kurdish forces and leaving dead bodies, as well as booby traps and land mines, behind.
Peshmerga forces on Wednesday recaptured large swaths of territory west of Kirkuk that were previously under ISIS control,Rudaw reports.
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