Thursday, December 3, 2015

ISIL Tunnel Network Unearthed in Sinjar

 
Kurdish peshmerga forces in the north of Iraq have discovered a secret underground tunnel network allegedly used by ISIL fighters to protect themselves from coalition airstrikes.

The tunnels were unearthed in the town of Sinjar – located along the important Route 47 motorway that runs from Mosul to the Syrian border.

Kurdish forces retook Sinjar town from ISIL last month (November 2015) in a two-day ground offensive backed by US-led air strikes.

ISIL fighters reportedly dug the tunnels, which have been wired with electricity and reinforced with sandbags, to prepare for the Kurdish onslaught. 

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Source: Euronews

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