Ahmed Jadallah | Reuters
Kurdish Peshmerga military vehicles are seen during a battle with Islamic State militants at Jarbuah village near Bashiqa near Mosul, Iraq October 28, 2016.
Kurdish authorities said the Iraqi army is shelling Kurd forces with artillery, Reuters reported on Thursday.
The Kurdistan Region Security Council said the Iraqi forces and Iran-backed militias were hitting the peshmerga positions from an area northwest of Mosul. Peshmerga is Kurdish militia.
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—Reuters contributed to this report.
