Islamic State carries out another attack on Iraqi Kurdish forces

The Islamic State has attacked the security forces in Iraqi Kurdistan in recent days.
Peshmerga fighters hold a position behind sandbags at a post in the strategic Jalawla area, in Diyala province, which is a gateway to Baghdad, as battles with the Islamic State continue, Sept. 27, 2014.
Peshmerga fighters hold a position behind sandbags at a post in the strategic Jalawla area, in Diyala province, which is a gateway to Baghdad, as battles with the Islamic State continue, Sept. 27, 2014. - Safin Hamed/AFP via Getty Images
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The Islamic State (IS) attacked Kurdistan Region forces and civilians in northern Iraq today, according to local media.

IS fighters fired rocket-propelled grenades at villages in the town of Makhmour. There were casualties among members of the Kurdistan Region’s peshmerga forces and civilians, the Kurdish news outlet Rudaw reported. The US government-funded news outlet Al-Hurra reported that eight peshmerga soldiers and three civilians were killed. The Iraqi news outlet Al-Sumaria reported three civilians died in the attack.

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