article_snippet: The area had seen heavy fighting against Islamic State militants the previous day. '
article_snippet: Bashiq is located not far from the ISIS stronghold city of Mosul .
article_snippet: The Islamic State group currently holds a third of Iraq and Syria.
article_snippet: The U.S.-led coalition began airstrikes targeting the extremists in August.
highlights_snippet: Incident happened in the Iraqi city of Bashiq, not far from the ISIS stronghold of Mosul .