Kurdish Troops Liberate over 40 Square Miles from Daesh Near Mosul

Kurdish Peshmerga forces have liberated some 120 square kilometers (46 square miles) from the Daesh terrorist group to the east of Iraq’s Mosul, a Peshmerga representative said Wednesday.

“After three days of fighting, Peshmerga was able to capture 120 square kilometers of territory, containing nine settlements, to the East of Mosul,” Amir Sherifi told reporters