IS Moves Forces to Syria from Northern Iraq

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region—Large numbers of Islamic State (IS) militants withdrew from Shingal region on Monday and headed to the Syrian border, Kurdish Peshmerga forces told Rudaw.

“Around sunset a convoy of about 30 IS vehicles left the area and drove towards the Syrian border,” said Haji Ibrahim, a veteran Yezidi Peshmerga.

Ibrahim said that the IS militants were holding their front lines against the Peshmerga forces until Monday.

Ibrahim said that the IS positions around Shingal have been the target of intense US airstrikes in the past few weeks.

IS militants captured Shingal in early August, killing many Yezidi Kurds, taking hundreds captive and displacing around a quarter million.

Ibrahim said that American airstrikes and Peshmerga ground assaults have taken their toll on the IS forces in the border region.

With American and Arab airstrikes increasing against IS bases on both sides of the border, the radical group has been noticed moving its forces from several front lines in the Kurdistan Region to other parts of the country and across the border into Syria.

IS militants are currently concentrated around Kobane in Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava) where the Peoples Protection Units (YPG) try to save the Kurdish town from falling to the radical group.

“Around sunset a convoy of about 30 IS vehicles left the area and drove towards the Syrian border,”

Not that I want to jinx them or anything, but I hope by the time they reach Syria the convoy will be reduced to zero vehicles.

ISIS have blitzed the Kurds in Syria. While they have fought decidedly well in Iraq, the Peshmerga have been spread to thin to counter the ISIS consolidation of Syria’s entire northern region.

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“Around sunset a convoy of about 30 IS vehicles left the area and drove towards the Syrian border,” said Haji Ibrahim, a veteran Yezidi Peshmerga.”....

Why do we not see photos shown like the “Road to Baghdad” when the Iraqis were caught fleeing Kuwait? When we begin seeing such evidence, I will begin to believe ISIS is REALLY on the run. From all appearances, they seem to have a “come and go” open door for their movements.

Am not into conspiracy theories, but in I.S. case, I said many weeks ago that I.S. is a deliberately created group. It’s serving its purpose. A lot of PR and propaganda have been put out there to deliberately cause confusion.

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