Joint forces launch massive attack south-east of Mosul
Iraqi forces. Archival photo.
(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – On Thursday, Kurdish sources announced, that the Peshmerga forces and Arab tribes backed by the international coalition aviation have launched a massive attack on the so-called ISIS headquarters near Makhmour area south-east of Mosul, while managed to retake three villages, including the village of Kodila.
In Anbar, security sources revealed the killing of 11 members of ISIS during clashes with the security forces in Husaybah area east of Ramadi.
The sources also stated, that the joint forces stormed ISIS defense lines in different areas east of Ramadi, while a large number of ISIS fighters escaped during the clashes in Khalidiya Island.