Iraqi security forces on Monday ended an attack by the Islamic State group in Kirkuk city, killing at least 74 jihadists in three days of clashes, the provincial governor said. “The attack is over and life has returned to normal,” Najmeddin Karim, the governor of Kirkuk province, told AFP. Some attackers are also believed to have fled the city on Saturday, later clashing with security forces in rural areas east of Kirkuk. Tens of thousands of Iraqi forces are pressing a week-old offensive on Iraq’s second city, which is also the jihadists’ last major stronghold in the country. But there was no sign it had any significant impact on the offensive to retake the city, Iraq’s largest military operation in years.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 24, 2016 13:18 UTC