Iraq: Forces push deeper into key ISIS-held northern town
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BAGHDAD -- The Iraqi military says its forces have pushed deeper into a key ISIS-held town north of Baghdad days after launching an operation to retake it.
The Joint Military Operation Command said the Iraqi flag was hoisted on Thursday over the mayor's office and the main hospital complex in the town of Shirqat. The statement added that Iraqi forces were pushing forward to the city center.
Backed by paramilitary troops, mostly Shiite militiamen, and aerial support from the US-led international coalition, government forces launched the Shirqat operation on Tuesday. The town lies near the city of Mosul, which is ISIS' last major urban stronghold in Iraq.
