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Inside the Fight to Reclaim an Iraqi Town From ISIS

Inside the Fight to Reclaim an Iraqi Town From ISIS

Rawan Barzani, commander of a special forces regiment and son of Iraqi Kurdistan's president, speaks on a radio from a hilltop outside Sinjar on Nov, 12, 2015.Alice Martins—The Washington Post/Getty Images

November 13, 2015 2:28 PM EST

MT. SINJAR, NOVEMBER 12: A convoy of peshmerga forces drives to — A convoy of Kurdish forces drives to a gathering point before dawn, ahead of a major offensive launched to expel ISIS militants from Sinjar, on Nov 12, 2015.Alice Martins—The Washington Post/Getty Images

IRAQ-SYRIA-CONFLICT-US-SINJAR — Iraqi Kurdish forces take part in an operation backed by US-led strikes in the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar, Mosul province on Nov. 12, 2015.Safin Hamed—AFP/Getty Images

Rawan Barzani, commander of a special forces regiment and son of Iraqi Kurdistan's president, speaks on a radio from a hilltop outside Sinjar on Nov, 12, 2015.Alice Martins—The Washington Post/Getty Images

MT. SINJAR, NOVEMBER 12: A member of a Kurdish special forces r — A member of a Kurdish special forces regiment watches from a hilltop as US-led coalition airstrike targets an ISIS position in Sinjar on Nov. 12, 2015.Alice Martins—The Washington Post/Getty Images

IRAQ-SYRIA-CONFLICT-US-SINJAR — Heavy smoke covers the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar during an operation by Iraqi Kurdish forces backed by US-led strikes, on Nov. 12, 2015. Safin Hamed—AFP/Getty Images

TOPSHOTS-IRAQ-SYRIA-CONFLICT-US-SINJAR — Iraqi Kurdish forces take part in an operation backed by US-led strikes to retake Sinjar, on Nov. 12, 2015.Safin Hamed—AFP/Getty Images

IRAQ-SYRIA-CONFLICT-US-SINJAR — Iraqi Kurdish forces and fighters from the Yazidi minority, a local Kurdish-speaking community targeted in a brutal ISIS campaign of massacres, enslavement and rape, enter the Iraqi city of Sinjar on Nov. 11, 2015. Safin Hamed—AFP/Getty Images

Yazidi Refugees In Syria Celebrate Liberation Of Sinjar From ISIL — Yazidi refugees celebrate news of the liberation of their homeland of Sinjar from ISIS extremists, while at a refugee camp in Derek, Syria on Nov. 13, 2015.John Moore—Getty Images

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