Kurds battle to retake Iraq's largest dam: general
Saturday, 16 August, 2014 , 15:29
SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq, Aug 16, 2014 (AFP) — Kurdish troops backed by US warplanes launched a bid on Saturday to recapture Mosul dam, Iraq's largest, a senior Kurdish military official said.
"Kurdish peshmerga, with US air support, have seized control of the eastern side of the dam" complex, Major General Abdelrahman Korini told AFP.
