Iraqi Forces Launch New Advance Northeast of Mosul

• Iraqi Forces Launch New Advance Northeast of Mosul
  Khazer, Iraq (AP) -- Iraqi and Kurdish forces have launched a new offensive on a town near Mosul as part of a massive operation aimed at retaking the country's second largest city from the Islamic State group. The Kurdish forces, known as peshmerga, said they launched a dawn offensive Sunday on two fronts to the northeast of Mosul, near the town of Bashiqa. Maj. Gen. Haider Fadhil, of Iraq's special forces, said they had...
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