A car bomb exploded in Iraq’s northern city of Samarra, according to a report from the Popular Mobilization Forces, an army that was formed to fight ISIS.
A person with a cell phone captured the blast that went off in the distance.
Samarra was attacked in June 2014 by ISIS as part of its offensive.
The bomb blast comes as an ISIS-held town in Sinjar, Iraq, was “liberated” by Kurdish fighters. The town was held for more than a year.
“I am here to announce the liberation of Sinjar,” Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani was quoted by the BBC as saying.
An Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighter fires at ISIS militant positions, from his position on the top of Mount Zardak, a strategic point about 15.5 miles (25 km) east of Mosul on Sept. 9, 2014. J.M. Lopez/AFP/Getty Images
