Thu Oct 20, 2016 16:33:37
Iraqi Kurdish forces entered the villages of Barima and Nawaran and pushed towards the Christian town of Bashiqa as they descended from the hills overlooking the Nineveh plains in their latest offensive on Thursday morning, local time; Al-Alam News Network reports.
Sporadic fighting continued as Peshmerga forces attempted to surround Bashiqa.
Resistance from Islamic State (ISIS / Daesh / ISIL) militants took the form of occasional mortaring and sniper fire, and local reports said at least one Peshmerga had been killed by an improvised explosive device.
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