Backed By US Fighter Jets, Peshmerga Begins Attack To Expel Islamic State Outside Ba'shiqa North Of Mosul

Mosul / NINA / Peshmerga forces began an attack to hunt down elements of the Islamic State (IS) and expel them from Ba'shiqa / 20 km north of Mosul /, backed by US airstrikes according to a source in the Ministry of Peshmerga. A source told the reporter of the National Iraqi News Agency / NINA / The Peshmerga forces clashed with elements of Islamic State inside Ba'shiqa city to expel them outside. The source pointed that dozens elements of the (IS) were killed and injured as a result of the clashes. / End