IS Fighters Push Back on Mosul Offensive

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IS Fighters Push Back on Mosul Offensive

HASSAN SHAM, KURDISTAN IRAQ —

Islamic State militants launched an assault on the northern oil city of Kirkuk on Friday, drawing troops and resources away from the battle towards Mosul as Iraqi and Kurdish Peshmerga forces continue to move in on the country’s second largest city.

A suicide attack on an Iranian-run construction site in the town of Dibis in northern Iraq Friday also killed at least 14 people including four Iranians. Six Iraqi police and 12 Islamic State fighters were killed during a similar attack on a police compound in Kirkuk earlier in the day, but local news say armed militants are still occupying civilian houses and fighting with security forces.

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