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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/11/world/middleeast/iraq.html?_r=0
Aided by U.S. Airstrikes, Kurdish Forces Retake 2 Towns from Islamic State
(New York Times) Rod Nordland and Helene Cooper - With the support of American airstrikes, Kurdish forces counterattacked against Sunni militants of the Islamic State in northern Iraq on Sunday, regaining control of Gwer and Mahmour, two strategic towns about 20 miles from Erbil, the capital of the Iraqi Kurdistan region.