New battles have broken north of Kirkuk on the road to Erbil, just over five miles south of Erbil in Pirde and Altun Kupri.

New battles have broken north of Kirkuk on the road to Erbil, just over five miles south of Erbil in Pirde and Altun Kupri.
For two days, Iraqi forces have advanced with the goal of taking Altun Kupri and Kurdish Peshmer ghosts against them.
The fighting slowed down in the morning, as did yesterday, but now they have begun again and it is also pushed with heavy artillery.