Peshmerga open northern front in Mosul offensive
IS militants aggressively defend villages around Mosul in a day of grinding battles and casualties.
Peshmerga forces on the northern front advance toward Mosul on Oct. 20, 2016. (PATRICK OSGOOD/Iraq Oil Report)
PIR HALLEM - Peshmerga forces opened a new, northern front on Thursday in the offensive to retake Mosul from the Islamic State (IS) militant group, which is putting up a determined defense and inflicting significant casualties.
A variety of Iraqi security forces have already been pressing toward Mosul from the east and the south since Monday, when Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared an official start to the Mosul liberation campaign.
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