Iraqi Yazidi and tribal fighters have taken a border area in the Sinjar region next to Syria from Islamic State, cutting a key supply line for the militants, Iraq’s military said on Friday.



The fighters took control of the Um al-Diban and Um Jurais districts near the Syrian border, according to a military statement read on state TV.



A mixed force of Iraqi Kurdish pershmergas and Yazidis in November recaptured the Yazidi town of Sinjar where Islamic State committed atrocities against religious minorities.



Last month a Syrian Kurdish-led force captured the strategic town of Shadadi, on the Syrian side of the border with Sinjar.

Last Update: Wednesday, 20 May 2020 KSA 13:57 - GMT 10:57