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- ↑ Bashiqa Mountain from Ain Sifni.
- ↑ Islamic States Network of Tunnels is more vast than ever imagined. December 17, 2016.
- ↑ http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Entity/Locations-and-natural-formations/951072808/Bashiqa-mountain.ashx Archived 2017-08-22 at the Wayback Machine Bashiqa-mountain.] at The Daily Star.
- ↑ Ari Shapiro, From A Mountain, Kurds Keep Watch On ISIS In Mosul, 20 February 2015.