KABUL: (Middle East Press) At least 27 insurgents were killed Saturday night as the ISIL attacked the village of Guver in Mosul province, sources said.
The regional Peshmerga commander, Lieutenant Suphan Bakuriani said that ISIL attacked the Sultan Abdullah region of Guver village Saturday night.
He added that Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga forces responded immediately, and attacked ISIL positions.
“27 ISIL insurgents were killed following the clashes,” Bakuriani said.
Guver village is seen as being strategic as it is located near Erbil, the capital of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government in northern Iraq.
The fall of Guver and Makhmur would make it easier for ISIL to attack Erbil.
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