THE OFFENSIVE
Close call: ISIS fighters launched a major new assault in northern Iraq, but were ultimately repelled. The fighting took place about 30 miles from Irbil, the Kurdish capital, and challenged Kurds already stretched thin in the area. Coalition aircraft were in the area, but weren’t able to help because ISIS and the Kurds were fighting in close quarters. By Wednesday, however, the Kurds succeeded in forcing ISIS back, and airstrikes to begin. There were casualties on both sides.
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CNN’s Tim Lister, Jim Sciutto, Barbara Starr, Jomana Karadsheh and Atika Shubert contributed to this report.
