Extremists Seize 3 More Towns in Iraq After Routing Kurdish Forces by TIM ARANGO

By TIM ARANGO

Militants from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, who swept into the towns and forced thousands of locals to flee the fighting, were now within striking distance of the nation’s largest dam.

Published: August 4, 2014 at 4:00AM

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