Iraqi Kurds take key IS group-held town northeast of Mosul #breakingnews #breaking #worldhealines

Iraqi Kurdish forces have seized the town of Bashiqa near Mosul from the Islamic State group, an official said Tuesday, as US-backed militia forces advanced on the jihadists' Syrian stronghold Raqa.

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