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Peshmerga forces repel attack in Sinjar

IRBIL, Oct 24 (KUNA) -- Kurdish Peshmerga forceshave succeeded in repulsing an attack carried out by the so-called Islamic State (IS) in Sinjar west of Mosul on Monday.
The Kurdish forces also completely took control of the district of Al-Hamdaniya from the IS militants, southeast Mosul, a military source told KUNA.
The advancing forces have also defused seven booby-trapped vehicles and killed 15 armed IS militants, the source added.
The forces during the operation have killed more than 100 IS armed militants, destroyed dozens of booby-trapped vehicles and seized a large amount of weaponry and ammunition. (end) ss