Coalition airstrikes against ISIL targets in Northern Iraq began setting conditions for a Peshmerga offensive several weeks prior to the operation near Sinjar, Iraq.
Peshmerga Kurds launch offensive to take Sinjar Amid Intensified Coalition Airstrikes on ISIS. Sinjar Offensive. Sinjar, Iraq Plumes .
2015 – Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook briefed the Pentagon press corps on the coalitions air campaign in support of a Peshmerga offense to clear Sinjar, .
Kurdish fighters were pushing their way into the town of Sinjar, backed by US-led coalition airstrikes against Islamic State militants who captured the town last .