Peshmerga forces take village northeast of Mosul, family who fled speak of IS abuse

Record ID: 83812

  • Title: Peshmerga forces take village northeast of Mosul, family who fled speak of IS abuse
  • Date: 25th October 2016
  • Summary: ABU JARBOA, NEAR BASHIQA, IRAQ (OCTOBER 25, 2016) (REUTERS) COLLECTION OF BUILDINGS WITH MILITARY VEHICLES PARKED CLOSE BY PESHMERGA FIGHTERS STANDING ON ROOF OF BUILDING VILLAGE OF ABU JARBOA MILITARY AND OTHER VEHICLES PARKED TOGETHER PESHMERGA FORCES STANDING CLOSE TO ARMOURED VEHICLES FAMILY SITTING BEHIND EARTH MOUND WHITE FLAG FAMILY EATING FOOD FAMILY EATING AND DRINKING BOY HOLDING CAN AND STANDING UP (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DISPLACED MAN FROM THE VILLAGE OF ABU JARBOA, FARHAN KATHEM, SAYING: "We are from the village of Abu Jarboa. The Peshmerga forces liberated the area. The situation was terrible when we were under Daesh, they would force (women) to cover their faces and men to wear a beard. If you do not have a beard you will be punished with lashes. When we decided to leave (the village) we put up a white flag and were received by the Peshmerga and Kurdish forces, they treated us well. There are many families in the village. When the planes hit the village, families were hurt because Daesh use civilians as human shields." BASHIQA, IRAQ (OCTOBER 25, 2016) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF BUILDINGS IN VILLAGE OF BASHIQA PESHMERGA ARMOURED VEHICLE ON ROAD (SOUNDBITE) (Kurdish) PESHMERGA COMMANDER, BRIGADIER SAYED HAZAR, SAYING: "We received several families from the village. A family came to us, we treated them with respect, we will send them to safe areas. They left the village of Abu Jarboa but we don't know how many people are left in the village." PESHMERGA FORCES AROUND ARMOURED VEHICLE ARMOURED VEHICLE DRIVING AWAY CARRYING KURDISTAN FLAG
  • Embargoed: 9th November 2016 11:58
  • Keywords: Mosul Iraq ISIS IS Islamic State Bashiqa Abu Jarboa Kurds Peshmerga
  • Location: ABU JARBOA, NEAR BASHIQA AND BASHIQA, IRAQ
  • City: ABU JARBOA, NEAR BASHIQA AND BASHIQA, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Military Conflicts
  • Reuters ID: LVA00155I7CCN
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Kurdish Peshmerga forces were in control of the village of Abu Jarboa, northeast of Mosul, on Tuesday (October 25), while a family who fled the village spoke of abuse from the militant group.
    The village lies on the road between Mosul and the town of Bashiqa which is 16 kilometres (10 miles) northeast of Mosul.
    One man from the village, Farhan Kathem, said punishments were harsh under IS rule.
    "They would force (women) to cover their faces and men to wear a beard. If you do not have a beard you will be punished with lashes," he said.
    His family fled the village holding up a white flag before being picked up by Peshmerga and Kurdish forces, he added.
    They fled fearing air strikes and an Islamic State retaliation.
    "When the planes hit the village, families were hurt because Daesh use civilians as human shields," he said.
    A Peshmerga commander in nearby Bashiqa, Brigadier Sayed Hazar, said he had received many families from Abu Jarboa but he was unsure how many more people remained in the village.
    On the ninth day of the offensive on Mosul, government forces and allied Kurdish Peshmerga fighters are still fighting their way towards the city's outer limits, in the early stages of an assault which could become the biggest military operation in Iraq in over a decade.
    The Mosul campaign, which aims to crush the Iraqi half of Islamic State's declared caliphate in Iraq and Syria, may become the biggest battle yet in the 13 years of turmoil unleashed by the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.
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