Iraqi Kurdish fighters, backed by air strikes of the coalition, continued their offensive.
Objective: to dislodge the Islamic State jihadi group of villages south of Kirkuk.
Including the jihadists had taken control of Mariam Baik last week. Peshmerga made them flee, but they fear that the vehicles left by the jihadists are trapped.
For fear of the fighting, residents have left the village. Men, women and children fled with what they could carry.
The fight against Islamic State in Iraq continues unabated. According to the Iraqi Ministry of Defence on Monday, coalition air strikes hit their target: two bases of the terrorist group located 60 kilometers northwest of Mosul.
