SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Kurdish forces thwarted an Islamic State (ISIS) attack in northeast of Qarachogh mountain late on Thursday, the ministry of Peshmerga said on Friday.
In a statement, the Peshmerga ministry said a group of ISIS militants attacked a Peshmerga frontline at the Dara Bizmara point near Qarachogh mountain, 60 kilometers southwest of Erbil.
One Peshmerga was wounded in the attack, it added.
Kurdish officials have long blamed a lack of coordination along a stretch of territory claimed by both Baghdad and Erbil for ISIS’ continued ability to wage deadly attacks.
Islamic State controlled roughly a third of Iraq between 2014 and 2017. Iraqi forces and Kurdish troops backed by U.S.-led Coalition forces as well as Iran-backed Shia militias defeated the militant group in 2017, but its members still roam areas of northern Iraq and northeastern Syria.
