Urgent – Basheer village southwest Kirkuk liberated from ISIL

Kirkuk (IraqiNews) Basheer Village of southwestern Kirkuk province has been liberated from the control of the terrorist ISIL on Friday evening, security source reported.

The source told IraqiNews “The Kurdish Peshmerga forces in coordination with volunteers managed to liberate the Basheer village which is dominated by residents from the Turkmen community from the control of the terrorist ISIL on Friday evening.”

“The joint forces raised the Iraqi flag over the buildings in the village,” the source added.

On Friday morning, a military operation has started to liberate the village which was considered a threshold for the gangs of the ISIL in Kirkuk province.