Iraqi military retakes northern town from Islamic State militants

BAG02. Amerli (Iraq), 31/08/2014.- Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers take up position near Amerli town, northern Baghdad on 31 August 2014. The Iraqi military retook control of the northern town of Amerli on 31 August 2014 from Islamic State militants, who had besieged it for two months. Military spokesman Qassem Atta said soldiers backed by Shiite militiamen entered Amerli, 170 kilometres north of Baghdad, after forcing the militants to end their blockade of the mainly Shiite Turkmen town. EFE/EPA/STR