The KRSC reported the launching of an attack on Peshmerga forces from Zummar. Meanwhile, shelling continued on the Christian town of Tel Asqaf.

Kurds and Iraqi forces battled in three locations, including an Assyrian Christian town. Meanwhile, a mass grave was found near Mosul.

ISIS/Daesh militants continue to stage attacks in captured towns such as Mosul and Hawija.

The looting of Kurdish homes in recently captured town appears to continue unchecked.

Displaced Kurds are being told to say away from Tuz Khormato because the situation is still too volatile there. Hundreds of homes have been destroyed.

In what is likely to be the final battle to reclaim Kirkuk province, several civilians were killed or wounded.

Security forces described as Shi’ite militiamen shot at protestors in two recently acquired cities.

A hospital in Kurdistan revised it’s casualty figures for Peshmerga troops.

With the operation against the Kurds ending, civilians are returning home to Kirkuk.

Iraqi forces have captured the contested city of Kirkuk in an aggressive attempt to reestablish control of its Kurdish population, which voted for independence in a non-binding referendum on September 25. Heavily outnumbered, Kurdish forces withdrew without fighting....