Kurdish forces cut off key Islamic State route in Iraq

Name: Kurdish forces cut off key Islamic State route in Iraq
Uploaded: 2015-11-13T01:34:24Z
Duration: P209S
Description: American airstrikes hammered Sinjar as the Kurdish Peshmerga ground force began an offensive on the Iraqi town held by the Islamic State. Gwen Ifill reports.

Clip: 11/12/2015 | 3m 29s

American airstrikes hammered Sinjar as the Kurdish Peshmerga ground force began an offensive on the Iraqi town held by the Islamic State. Gwen Ifill reports.

Aired: 11/12/15

Rating: NR

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Kurdish forces cut off key Islamic State route in Iraq

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