Planes hammer ISIS bases on Mosul, Kirkuk fronts

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – ISIS positions in western areas of Kirkuk and Mosul provinces have been pounded by airstrikes from the US-led coalition, reportedly killing dozens of the group’s militants, Peshmerga officials told Rudaw on Saturday.

“The warplanes hit two ISIS arsenals in the village of Wailea near the Kaske front in western Mosul and Khorbasat village on the Nawaran front in northern Mosul,” a Peshmerga official told Rudaw.

The source added: “According to obtained information by the Peshmerga, some 30 ISIS militants have been killed from the bombardments.”

In a separate attack, several ISIS positions on the western Kirkuk front were targeted by coalition warplanes, inflicting heavy casualties, Dr Kamal Kirkuki, a Peshmerga officer on the front said.

“The warplanes intensely shelled ISIS positions in the villages of Ghara and Guba in western Kirkuk,” Kirkuki added.