Kurdish peshmerga fighters backed by coalition air strikes have driven ISIL militants out of a village south of Kirkuk in Iraq.<br /><br /> This is part of a new offensive against the group, which also calls itself Islamic State and ISIS.<br /><br /> Operations against the militants in numerous locations reportedly began on Friday.<br /><br /> Iraqi officials released images of a series of air strikes carried out near the Iraqi city of Mosul. <br /><br /> A vehicle and a compound described by officials as ISIL targets were hit.<br /><br /> The US and its allies are helping with air strikes against the militants in Iraq and Syria.
