Hide Caption 27 of 93 Photos : Mosul operation : Iraqi - led forces push into key city Smoke rises from Bashiqa after a coalition airstrike targeted ISIS positions on Tuesday , November 8 . Hide Caption 28 of 93 Photos : Mosul operation : Iraqi - led forces push into key city A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter races to take a position on a street in Bashiqa as coalition forces battled to reclaim the town from ISIS control on November 8 . Hide Caption 29 of 93 Photos : Mosul operation : Iraqi - led forces push into key city An Iraqi forces member investigates justice.investigate.na a mass grave that was discovered after coalition forces recaptured the area of Hamam al - Alil on Monday , November 7 . Hide Caption 30 of 93 Photos : Mosul operation : Iraqi - led forces push into key city Smoke rises from ISIS positions after an attack by Kurdish Peshmerga forces in Bashiqa on November 7 . Hide Caption 31 of 93 Photos : Mosul operation : Iraqi - led forces push into key city Iraqi children witness a man being interrogated by a member of the Iraqi army at a base next to the Al - Intissar neighborhood of Mosul on November 7 .