While the world has been focused on the effort to liberate Mosul from ISIS, the barbaric terrorist group has found refuge 100 miles south in the city of Hawija. International forces – not to mention world headlines – are focused on Iraq’s second-largest city, ISIS’ headquarters in the embattled nation. Expand / Contract The city lies 160 miles north of Baghdad, and two hours' south of Mosul. Last week, the governor of Kirkuk, Najmadin Karim, called on the Iraqi government to begin an offensive to rescue Hawija as soon as possible, asserting that it was a “mistake” that the Mosul operation commenced before Hawija was liberated. Once you take Mosul, ISIS is reduced to a normal-type terrorist movement.”Jamie Brennan contributed to this report.

Source: Fox News January 16, 2017 20:55 UTC