Iraq: Victorious Iraqi soldiers enter village of Qara Qosh near Mosul

Exclusive footage from Tuesday shows Iraqi army soldiers entering the village of Qara Qosh, just 32km (20 miles) from Mosul, after liberating the Assyrian Christian village from the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL). Qara Qosh, which is also known in Arabic as Baghdeda, had been under IS control since August, 2014. Soldiers, who entered in army vehicles waving the Iraqi flag, also discovered a cathedral in the village that had been set on fire, presumably by IS militants. It took six h
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