A source in the Ministry of Peshmerga announced on Monday the start of an attack on Noran area near Tilkaif, 20 km north of Mosul.
The source told the National Iraqi News Agency / NINA / that the Peshmerga forces launched attacks with heavy and light weapons on the IS strongholds to expel them from Noran area and to enter Tilkaif district, north of Mosul after the IS elements controlled the area and the withdrawal of the Peshmerga from them.
The source noted that the information refers to the casualties among the IS forces and the withdrawal of a great number of them, according to the source statements.