- Title: Kurdish forces storm Bashiqa
- Date: 7th November 2016
- Summary: BASHIQA, IRAQ (NOVEMBER 7, 2016) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PESHMERGA FIGHTERS, ARMOURED VEHICLES NEAR BASHIQA VARIOUS OF CONVOY OF ARMOURED VEHICLES CARRYING FIGHTERS DRIVING INTO BASHIQA MORE OF CARS IN CONVOY / KURDISTAN REGION FLAGS SEEN PESHMERGA FIGHTERS STANDING NEAR MOVING CONVOY VARIOUS OF MOVING CONVOY (SOUNDBITE) (Kurdish) LIEUTENANT COLONEL, SAFEEN MUSTAFA RASOOL, SAYING: "We expect that there are seven vehicle borne explosive devices and one hundred Islamic State fighters are inside." GENERAL VIEW OF VILLAGE OF BASHIQA HUMVEES, ARMOURED VEHICLES NEAR VILLAGE HOMES IN VILLAGE / AUDIO OF GUNFIRE VARIOUS OF HEAVY SMOKE RISING FROM TARGETED LOCATIONS IN VILLAGE
- Embargoed: 22nd November 2016 06:32
- Keywords: Iraq Mosul Bashiqa Islamic State IS
- Location: BASHIQA, IRAQ
- City: BASHIQA, IRAQ
- Country: Iraq
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Military Conflicts
- Reuters ID: LVA00157G2URR
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Peshmerga fighters stormed the village of Bashiqa early on Monday (November 7) after surrounding the town for over a week.
Iraqi troops and Kurdish fighters have cleared dozens of villages as they press towards the city of Mosul for an offensive against the Islamic State's last main stronghold in the country.
Lieutenant Colonel Safeen Rasoon of the peshmerga forces said they estimated "seven vehicle borne explosive devices and one hundred Islamic State fighters are inside," the village.
Bashiqa is a key strategic point on the approach to Mosul. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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