KIRKUK, Aug. 26, 2015 (Xinhua) — Soldiers are seen in front-line as kurdish security forces, known as Peshmerga, attacked a cluster of 13 IS-held villages in southwest of Daqouq, a town located some 180 km north of Iraqi capital Baghdad, Aug. 26, 2015. Kurdish security forces on Wednesday launched a new offensive to free villages from Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq’s northern province of Kirkuk, a Kurdish security source said. (Xinhua/Ako Zangana/IANS) (djj)