Baretle is a village outside of Mosul, Iraq near Bashiqah mountain.
During the War in Iraq, the village was controlled by ISIS forces.Stoyan Zaimov, ISIS Forcing Children, Elderly to Carry Out Barbaric Executions in Mosul, Christian Post Reporter | Nov 4, 2016.Britain to send machine guns and ammunition to Iraqi army, Kurds. Reuters | Sep 9, 2014. By 2017, with the retaking of Mosul the otherwise insignificant village had become the frontline,Quentin Sommerville , Islamic State battle: View from Iraq's front line BBC online 20 Feb 2017.The Kurdish front Reuters Monday June 22, 2015. in the ongoing conflict.
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