http://rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/040820144
Barzani: the Kurdish forces "will not relinquish an inch of Kurdistan and we will defend our dear Yezidi brothers and sisters"..."Rudaw reporter says that the Peshmerga have made progress in their counter-offensive near Zumar where they intend to cut off the IS militants from retreating into Syria".
Very encouraging. The Peshmerga (now supposedly 180,000 strong) do not fuck around - ISIS have probably just made a colossal mistake