Interesting piece about the Kurds.
Can the Kurds Hold Out Against ISIS?
August 5, 2014, 4:10 pm ET by Priyanka Boghani
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Kurdish forces faced their first major defeat in Iraq over the weekend, when militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) seized the towns of Sinjar, Zumar and Wana. The United Nations, citing local reports, estimated as many as 200,000 civilians fled Sinjar alone.
Until this weekend, Kurdish armed forces, known as the peshmerga, were viewed as a bulwark against ISIS advance. When ISIS captured Mosul in June, hundreds of thousands of Iraqis fled the city and many headed toward Erbil, the capital of Iraqs semiautonomous Kurdish region.
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Can the Kurds Hold Out Against ISIS? | Losing Iraq | FRONTLINE | PBS
Can the Kurds Hold Out Against ISIS?
August 5, 2014, 4:10 pm ET by Priyanka Boghani
2
Kurdish forces faced their first major defeat in Iraq over the weekend, when militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) seized the towns of Sinjar, Zumar and Wana. The United Nations, citing local reports, estimated as many as 200,000 civilians fled Sinjar alone.
Until this weekend, Kurdish armed forces, known as the peshmerga, were viewed as a bulwark against ISIS advance. When ISIS captured Mosul in June, hundreds of thousands of Iraqis fled the city and many headed toward Erbil, the capital of Iraqs semiautonomous Kurdish region.
Continue reading at:
Can the Kurds Hold Out Against ISIS? | Losing Iraq | FRONTLINE | PBS