have been trying to push their way through to baghdad but have so far been stopped by those iraqi forces, with help from coalition air strikes, including more than a dozen during the past 24 hours. i have said this before i have been saying this losing control of samarra would be disastrous because it is a key transportation corridor, basically standing between as i said tikrit and baghdad. another key transportation corridor is a town that kurdish forces have taken control of in the northeast corner of the country. this has been an isis stronghold, so this is a key win, because in particular its location along the borders of iraq and turkey. so it's been really used to transport isis militants, artillery and also vehicles back and forth between iraq and syria. so taking back control is a major victory for those kurdish forces and the people's protection units with help from