Kurds have started a new offensive into southern Kirkuk province into Daquq district. Captured almost 3 dozen villages but have destroyed homes, looted, and not allowed locals return at the same time. Use usual claims that areas are not safe with explosives, and that they area afraid of IS infiltrators. Kurds are also only concerned with conquering the disputed areas which they want to annex and reversing the Arabization policy of Saddam by changing the demographics in their favor. Read more here.