Footage captures explosions near the Iraqi town of Bashiqa, where Kurdish forces have launched fresh
Kurdish forces have carried out new attacks on positions of so-called Islamic State (IS) in northern Iraq to retake the town of Bashiqa, near Mosul.
Kurdish Peshmerga commanders said they made large advances into IS territory and secured part of a highway that will limit IS’s freedom of movement.
Turkey joined the fight against IS on Sunday, directing artillery fire at jihadist positions in Bashiqa.
Bashiqa is close to a military base where Turkish troops are training Sunni Muslim fighters, both Arabs and Kurds.
On Friday, US Defense Secretary Ash Carter suggested Turkey should play a role in the Mosul offensive, but the Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi balked at the idea, telling the US that there was no need for Turkish forces yet.
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