Bashiqah

Bashiqah Mountain is a mountain located northeast of Mosul, Iraq, east of Khorsabad and nearby Bashiqa township and near Ain Sifni in northern Iraq.[http://www.pbase.com/antlegg/image/70040823 Bashiqa Mountain from Ain Sifni].

The mountain is located behind Bashiqa township, is 359 km north of Baghdad in Nineveh Governorate, and located at 36,4531n and 43,3478e. It is 326 above sea level.

The mountain became a strategic point following the Fall of Mosul to ISIS in 2014 but was retaken with the recapture of Mosul in July 2017. The hill was heavily fortified by ISIS.[http://www.news.com.au/world/middle-east/islamic-states-network-of-tunnels-is-more-vast-than-ever-imagined/news-story/7e0b7f6da95f17f147889b3278f334c8 Islamic States Network of Tunnels is more vast than ever imagined]. December 17, 2016. The mountain has since been taken by Kurdish Peshmerga forces.http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Entity/Locations-and-natural-formations/951072808/Bashiqa-mountain.ashx {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822133735/http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Entity/Locations-and-natural-formations/951072808/Bashiqa-mountain.ashx |date=2017-08-22 }} Bashiqa-mountain.] at The Daily Star.Ari Shapiro, [https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/02/19/387554587/from-a-mountain-kurds-keep-watch-on-isis-in-mosul From A Mountain, Kurds Keep Watch On ISIS In Mosul], 20 February 2015.