Iraq: Iraqi peshmerga capture 60 villages during advance on Mosul
Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces are continuing their advance towards Iraq’s Mosul province, capturing at least 60 Iraqi villages last month, an Iraqi commander has said.
At least 300 ISIL militants were killed and scores of ISIL vehicles captured in clashes between the pershmerga and ISIL militants, according to Colonel Z. Sheikh Vasani, a peshmerga commander on the Mahmur front.
“We are fighting with weapons sent by France and Germany. We took control of at least 60 villages around the Al Mahmur district. We can carry out an operation on Mosul if our superiors command it,” Vasani said.
He said that peshmerga forces drew 40 km closer to Mosul, which largely remains under ISIL control.