[AA.TR] Kurdish Peshmerga forces on Sunday captured a key road linking the northern Iraqi town of Bashiqa to the ISIS-held djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
city.
"Our forces are now besieging the town from all sides after seizing control of the main road between Bashiqa and Mosul," Peshmerga officer Shirzad Zajuli told Anadolu Agency.
"The Kurdish forces are now 7 kilometers away from Mosul districts," he said.
Bashiqa, whose residents are mostly Yazidis, lies 12 km (8 miles) to the northeast of Mosul.
Last week, the Iraqi army, backed by U.S.-led coalition Arclight airstrikes, launched a much-anticipated offensive to retake Mosul, the last ISIS stronghold in northern Iraq.
Iraqi forces rebel ISIS attack on Bartella in Ninevah
(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – The Anti-Terrorism forces repulsed an attack launched by the Islamic State group using three booby-trapped motorcycles, east of Mosul, Al Mada Press reported on Sunday.
Al Mada Press stated, “The Anti-Terrorism forces repulsed, before noon today, an attack launched by the ISIS using three booby-trapped motorcycles, while attempting to attack the security forces in Bartella area,” pointing out that, “The security forces detonated the motorcycles before reaching their targets, and killed the suicide bombers who were driving them.”
“The attack did not inflict any losses on the ranks of the security forces,” Al Mada added.
On Thursday, Anti-Terrorism Directorate announced liberating Bartella area, east of Mosul, from the ISIS control, and raised the Iraqi flag over its buildings.
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