Kurdish Peshmerga fighters have stormed the strategic town of Bashiqa, northeast of Mosul.
It lies on a supply route into ISIL’s stronghold and Peshmerga forces say they have pushed the armed group from about three-quarters of the town.
Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Jamjoom reports from the outskirts of Bashiqa.
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