Sun May 29, 2016 19:07:39
Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga forces, assisted by coalition air strikes, launched an attack against Islamic State (Daesh / ISIS / ISIL) group positions east of the city of Mosul on Sunday, according to a Kurdish media network.
The Kurdistan Region Security Council said in a statement that the attack involved about 5,500 Peshmerga fighters.
By 10 a.m. local time (0700 GMT) on Sunday the Peshmerga took Muftia village, about 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) southwest of the Khazer river crossing, the statement said.
The earlier frontline was just west of the Khazer.
Rudaw TV aired footage showing Peshmerga forces moving on a road and across a field, with huge plumes of smoke rising into the air as a result of what it said was air strikes.
It was one of many operations aimed at increasing pressure on Islamic State (Daesh / ISIS) militants in and around Mosul, in preparation for an eventual assault on the city itself, the Kurdistan Region Security Council statement said.
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