More than 700 Iraqi Kurd fighters killed since June IS offensive
Wednesday, 10 December, 2014 , 08:29
SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq, Dec 10, 2014 (AFP) — Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region said Wednesday that 727 of its fighters have been killed in the conflict against the Islamic State group since the jihadists launched their offensive in June.
A statement from the region's military forces, known as the peshmerga, said 3,564 members of the Kurdish fighters had also been wounded over the past six months.
