Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says that Turkish warplanes have taken part in air operations in Mosul with the US-led coalition.
One Iraqi soldier killed early Tuesday while repelling ISIS suicide car bombs attack on government troops about 30 miles southeast of Mosul. Ten ISIS fighters were killed.
Coalition forces recaptured nine villages from ISIS and secured control over a significant stretch of the strategic Erbil-Mosul road on Monday.
ISIS resistance has come in the form of mortar and small arms fire, IEDs and suicide car bomb attacks.
