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Iraq gov't backs Kurds, as Kurdish forces retake town from insurgents

(Xinhua) Updated: 2014-08-05 11:22
Iraq gov't backs Kurds, as Kurdish forces retake town from insurgents

Thousands of Iraqis flee from the town of Sinjar, near the city of Mosul, to Erbil and Dohuk after armed groups affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) seized the town early on Aug 4, 2014. [Photo/IC]

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