The Kurdish Peshmerga forces have begun to take back the Iraqi town of Sinjar from ISIS. “Operation Free Sinjar will include up to 7,500 Peshmerga from three fronts to cordon off Sinjar city, take control of ISIL’s strategic supply routes and establish a significant buffer zone to protect the city and its inhabitants from incoming artillery,” a statement released by the Kurdistan Region Security Council stated. About 5,000 males in Sinjar and nearby villages were massacred last year and females were sold into slavery.