Violent clashes between Peshmerga forces and ISIS elements in Nineveh

(IraqiNews.com) On Thursday, according to a local source in Nineveh, violent clashes broke out between the Kurdish Peshmerga forces and elements of the ISIS organization who set tyres on fire to block pilots’ vision north of Mosul.

The source said in an interview for IraqiNews.com,”Violent clashes broke out between the Kurdish Peshmerga forces and elements of ISIS in al-Quosiyat area north of Mosul, after the Peshmerga had advanced into the region,” adding that, “The fighting is still ongoing, and the international coalition aircrafts are flying intensely over Mosul and its outskirts, forming an aerial umbrella to protect the joint forces in the north and south of Mosul.”

The source, who requested anonymity, added, “The ISIS elements burned tyres in different parts of central Mosul and areas experiencing the military operations, to block the coalition pilots’ vision and conceal the movements of its vehicles.”