Peshmerga complete northern offensive
Kurdish forces cordon off villages around Bashiqa, north of Mosul, pushing their front lines within 9 kilometers of the city.
A mortar round launched by the Islamic State militant group lands by Peshmerga forces on the Bashiqa front, 20 kilometers north of Mosul, Oct. 20, 2016. (PATRICK OSGOOD/Iraq Oil Report)
ERBIL - Kurdish Peshmerga forces have secured several villages around Bashiqa, north of Mosul, largely drawing to a close their planned role in a campaign to liberate Ninewa province from the so-called Islamic State (IS) militant group.
"Mission accomplished," said a senior Peshmerga officer on the Bashiqa front. "We got it done at Bashiqa."
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