BAGHDAD, Sept. 30, 2015 (Xinhua) — A heavy smoke is seen in frontline as Kurdish security forces attacked an IS-held village in the southwest of Kirkuk, Sept. 30, 2015. Kurdish fighters on Wednesday recaptured more than seven villages from the Islamic St

BAGHDAD, Sept. 30, 2015 (Xinhua) — A heavy smoke is seen in frontline as Kurdish security forces attacked an IS-held village in the southwest of Kirkuk, Sept. 30, 2015. Kurdish fighters on Wednesday recaptured more than seven villages from the Islamic State (IS) group in the oil-rich province of Kirkuk, a Kurdish security source told Xinhua.(Xinhua/Ako Zangana/IANS)

BAGHDAD, Sept. 30, 2015 (Xinhua) — A heavy smoke is seen in frontline as Kurdish security forces attacked an IS-held village in the southwest of Kirkuk, Sept. 30, 2015. Kurdish fighters on Wednesday recaptured more than seven villages from the Islamic St