Baretle is a village outside of Mosul, Iraq near Bashiqah mountain.
During the Syrian Civil war, the village was controlled by Daesh forces.[1][2] By 2017, with the retaking of Mosul the otherwise insignificant village had become the frontline,[3][4] in the ongoing conflict.
References edit
- ^ Stoyan Zaimov, ISIS Forcing Children, Elderly to Carry Out Barbaric Executions in Mosul, Christian Post Reporter | Nov 4, 2016.
- ^ Britain to send machine guns and ammunition to Iraqi army, Kurds. Reuters | Sep 9, 2014.
- ^ Quentin Sommerville ,Islamic State battle: View from Iraq's front line BBC online 20 Feb 2017.
- ^ The Kurdish front Reuters Monday June 22, 2015.
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