A top security official said Tuesday that Kurdish forces had recaptured Bashiqa from the ISIL Takfiri group, one of final steps in securing the eastern approaches to insurgent-held Mosul. Kurdish peshmerga fighters launched an assault on Bashiqa the day before, advancing on the town from three sides as the battle ...
Kurdish Peshmerga forces in Iraq on Monday said the town of Bashiqa, near Mosul, is under its full control after battle against the ISIL. Bashiqa is about 8 miles northeast of Mosul in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region. Rudaw reported Bashiqa was freed from ISIL control soon after municipal government and ...
