Peshmerga evacuates Makhmur region near Erbil: Source
Peshmerga soldiers.
“Kurdish military troops are currently in negotiations to end violence between the two sides in Erbil and Duhuq,” the source said, adding that orders were made by the Ministry of Peshmerga to withdraw troops.
“All elements of the Peshmerga’s elite forces in other regions in Erbil and Duhuq have withdrawn, leaving the Zarvani troops only,” the source added.
In related news, informed sources said Kurdistan President Masoud Barzani ordered releasing Iraqi soldiers who were captivated near Makhmur, Dijlah TV website reported.
The website also quoted a military source as saying that reinforcements of Federal Police and al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) headed to Makhmur after many Iraqi soldiers were wounded and others were captivated by Peshmerga.
On Tuesday, PMFs denied attacking Peshmerga in Makhmur, after the Kurdish troops reportedly repulsed PMFs attack there.
Iraqi military denied earlier Tuesday news on confrontations between PMFs and the Peshmerga troops in al-Mahmoudiya village in Nineveh. This came after Peshmerga announced repulsed attack by the Shia-led paramilitary troops in the village.
A source from the Iraqi army’s elite Counter-Terrorism Service, told Alghad Press on Monday that army troops are getting ready to advance toward Faysh Khabur exit, between Iraq and Turkey, within the coming few hours. He added that the exit border was located within Mosul before 2003.