By Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi government forces retook four villages on Sunday near a mountain ridge overlooking Islamic State supply lines, security officials said, in a campaign which has struggled to make advances against the Sunni Islamist insurgents. Iraqi security forces backed by Shi'ite militias gained some momentum on Saturday in their bid to loosen the grip of Islamic State, which controls large swathes of territory in the north and west of the country. …

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/iraqi-security-forces-kurds-gain-ground-against-islamic-100246943.html

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