BAGHDAD - Insurgents of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) seized northern Iraqi city Zumar and oil fields near the site after engaging in battle with Kurdish forces who control the area, witnesses said on Sunday (3/8).
ISIS guerrillas, who have done a flash forward movement in northern Iraq in June, warned residents of nearby villages on the border with Syria to leave their homes, said they planned to launch an attack, witnesses said.
The militant group, which controls large parts of northern and western Iran, threatening to move to Baghdad but ceased operations just north of the city of Samarra, north of Baghdad 1000km.
But they have sought to consolidate the victories merea, placing attention on strategic towns and oil fields dekatladang-perbaasan by Syria to the fighters can easily move back and forth and bring supplies.
An official at the Northern Oil Company (NOC) said fighters had taken control of the Islamic State of oilfield Ain Zalah and a nearby refinery. Gerilaywa it had captured four oil fields, which can help fund their operations.
In a statement on its website, the Islamic state told the fighters had killed a number of Kurdish fighters within 24 hours and then mastered Zumar and 12 villages.
"Hundreds of people fled their vehicles and large quantities of weapons and ammunition and brothers mastered many areas," said ISIS militants, including Zumar and "Ain area Zalah oil-rich." The fighters arrived in the border triangle between Iraq, Syria and Turkey, "he said.
ISIS guerrillas, who have done a flash forward movement in northern Iraq in June, warned residents of nearby villages on the border with Syria to leave their homes, said they planned to launch an attack, witnesses said.
The militant group, which controls large parts of northern and western Iran, threatening to move to Baghdad but ceased operations just north of the city of Samarra, north of Baghdad 1000km.
But they have sought to consolidate the victories merea, placing attention on strategic towns and oil fields dekatladang-perbaasan by Syria to the fighters can easily move back and forth and bring supplies.
An official at the Northern Oil Company (NOC) said fighters had taken control of the Islamic State of oilfield Ain Zalah and a nearby refinery. Gerilaywa it had captured four oil fields, which can help fund their operations.
In a statement on its website, the Islamic state told the fighters had killed a number of Kurdish fighters within 24 hours and then mastered Zumar and 12 villages.
"Hundreds of people fled their vehicles and large quantities of weapons and ammunition and brothers mastered many areas," said ISIS militants, including Zumar and "Ain area Zalah oil-rich." The fighters arrived in the border triangle between Iraq, Syria and Turkey, "he said.
