Kurdish Peshmerga forces launched a military operation on Sunday morning from Gwer and Khazir front lines, east of Mosul, liberating 12 villages from the so-called Islamic State (IS), said a Peshmerga commander. The offensive started at 5:00 a.m. and was directly supervised by the President of Kurdistan Region Masoud Barzani. Peshmerga forces and the Kurdistan Region Security Council (KRSC) Counter-terrorism forces participated in the offensive with the aerial support of the US-led coalition jets. Nearly 130 ISIS extremists were killed during the two-day offensive.