Iraqi forces started on Tuesday a military operation to liberate Al Shirqat town in northern Salahaddin province from Daesh group.

The military media cell of Salahuddin Operations Command said that the Iraqi forces re-took two villages in Al Shirqat town. 

The Iraqi troops also managed to destroy a convoy of Daesh terrorists west of Mosul city. 

Al-Shirqat is a Sunni Arab town west of the Tigris in Salahaddin province.

Source: MENA