US-backed Kurdish-run offensive to retake the IS-held Iraqi city Sin jar

Approximately 7,500 Merganser fighters closing three fronts in an attempt to control the city and reduce the power line strategy used by militant Islamic State.

Sin jar, Iraq (AP) - Iraqi Kurdish fighters supported the US-led air strikes on Thursday launched a major attack to retake the strategic city of Sin jar, Islamic State group last year exceeded the attack, which caused tens of thousands of Lazily and the first departure prompted the United States to launch an air campaign against the militants.

Hours of work, the Kurdish Regional Security Council stated that the forces controlled by Highway 47, one of the most active lines ho section.

The deposit is fully isolates the team members are from Sin jar on militant strongholds in Syria and northern Iraq. Kurdish militants also said they secured Barrage villages on the Western Front, and phone Shore Fathead and En the Eastern Front.

Some 7,500 Merganser fighters closing in on Sin jar three fronts, the Security Council said in a statement. In addition, depending on the city and highway, Operation Free Sin jar create an important buffer zone to protect the city and its inhabitants from incoming artillery. "

Some 7,500 Merganser fighters closing in on the strategic city of Sin jar on three fronts, now run by Islam's militants State.

Heavy gunfire came early Thursday Merganser fighters began its approach to the air bombardment. An Associated Press team saw a small American unit on the hill, along the front line, and thus confirming air strikes.

The coalition said 24 raids were the last day, striking nine militants regularly units in nine staging areas and destroying 27 battle positions, among other goals. The coalition aircraft carried out more than 250 air raids over the past month across northern Iraq.

Merganser "The soldiers held their positions, waiting for help and more air strikes, that they can then go to the city center. Air raids were very important to the operation reaches the point where it is now," said Maj. Meme Basal commander of one of the front lines.

Sin jar was arrested from the group Islamic State in August 2014 shortly after the extremists took the second largest city in Iraq, Mosul and ash all over northern Iraq.

The forces were in control of Highway 47, section one of the most active lines supplying the Islamic state.

The main aim of the attack is completely cut off Highway 47, which runs from Sin jar and indirectly connects two major militant strongholds "- Iraq Syria and Mosul in northern Iraq - goods, weapons and fighters of the route. The coalition-backed Kurdish fighters on both sides of the border are now working to retake parts of this corridor.

"The control of Highway 47, which is used DASHING carry weapons, fighters, illegal oil and other commodities to finance its activities, the coalition is going to increase the pressure ... and isolate the components from each other," he said a coalition statement Thursday, referring to the team from the Arabic acronym.

The main aim of the attack is completely cut off Highway 47, the supply path that connects the two largest indirectly militant strongholds, Iraq Syria and Mosul in Iraq.

Iraqi state television said Kurdish Merganser troops also arrived in Sin jar mayor's office, while Kurdish officials do not confirm it immediately.

Kurdish officials said the smoke clouds over the Sin jar on Thursday was more difficult to make a coalition planes to carry out air strikes, as thousands of Merganser fighters moved in from the east and west ends of the city and the masses.

The US-led coalition warplanes already striking around Sin jar in front of comes and strikes grew more pronounced at dawn on Thursday. But Sin jar, located in Mount Sin jar walk about 30 miles from the Syrian border, no easy task. Kurdish lawyer's attempt to retake the deadlock in December. Fighters strengthen their ranks Sin jar recently in anticipation of the attack, although the US-led coalition failed to provide detailed information on the size of the forces.

"On the radio we hear (IS) seek help from Syria," Beware Brigham, deputy sergeant in front of the center, said Thursday.

Kurdish officials said the smoke clouds over the region made more difficult coalition planes to carry out air strikes.

The group Islamic State led to a wave of terrorism against minorities Sin-jar region Lazily Community, an ancient religion that members of the Islamic Group views as heretics and accused of devil worship. An unknown number were killed in August 2014 attacks, hundreds of men and women have been abducted - women are enslaved and give militants across Iraq and Syria, many of the men believed killed, while others were forced to convert.

Tens of thousands of Lazily had fled into the mountains, where militants were surrounded, leaving them trapped and exposed to heat. The crisis has prompted the United States to begin air drops of assistance to stranded and then on August 8, launched the first round of air strikes, what would mark the beginning of a wider coalition efforts to fight the militant group in Iraq in Syria.

In August 2014 the Islamic state has been launched attacks against minority communities Lazily Sin jar wave. Tens of thousands of Lazily had fled into the mountains, where surrounded and trapped them fighters.

Some of them stranded on Mount Sin jar saved Syrian Kurdish gunmen who opened the way to Lazily come down from the mountain, cross the Syrian and then cross back into the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. Then in December, the Kurdish militants in northern Iraq was able to lead the militants from their areas, on the other side of the mountain, opening a corridor that has helped many of the remaining Banjarmasin escape. Then this Kurdish fighters tried to continue in the same city Sin jar but struggled at the fighters.

Several Kurdish rebels in the land fighting the rebels fighting for months is damaging or destroying a large part of the picturesque city of ancient, narrow streets and small stone houses. Groups include Turkish-based Kurdistan Workers Party (PK), Syria, on the basis of folk Safety Authority (GYP) and Lazily force led billing itself as a resistance Sin jar. The Kurd in Iraq fighters also went further out of town.