![People walk through the reopened Erbil-Mosul road after Peshmerga forces closed the main roads that link the cities in Iraq on 12 October 2017 [Yunus Keleş/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017_10-12-Peshmerga-forces-reopen-Erbil-Mosul-road20171012_2_26242633_26738187.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1)
![Cars and vehicles are seen near the reopened Erbil-Mosul road after Peshmerga forces, loyal to northern Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (IKRG), have closed the main roads that linking the both cities in Erbil, Iraq on 12 October 2017 [Yunus Keleş/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017_10-12-Peshmerga-forces-reopen-Erbil-Mosul-road20171012_2_26242633_26738195.jpg?w=797&h=531&ssl=1 "Peshmerga forces reopen Erbil-Mosul road")
Cars and vehicles are seen near the reopened Erbil-Mosul road after Peshmerga forces, loyal to northern Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (IKRG), have closed the main roads that linking the both cities in Erbil, Iraq on 12 October 2017 [Yunus Keleş/Anadolu Agency]
![People walk through the reopened Erbil-Mosul road after Peshmerga forces closed the main roads that link the cities in Iraq on 12 October 2017 [Yunus Keleş/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017_10-12-Peshmerga-forces-reopen-Erbil-Mosul-road20171012_2_26242633_26738187.jpg?w=395&h=264&ssl=1 "Peshmerga forces reopen Erbil-Mosul road")
People walk through the reopened Erbil-Mosul road after Peshmerga forces closed the main roads that link the cities in Iraq on 12 October 2017 [Yunus Keleş/Anadolu Agency]
![People walk through the reopened Erbil-Mosul road after Peshmerga forces the main roads that link the both cities in Erbil, Iraq on October 12, 2017 [Yunus Keleş/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017_10-12-Peshmerga-forces-reopen-Erbil-Mosul-road20171012_2_26242633_26738188.jpg?w=395&h=263&ssl=1 "Peshmerga forces reopen Erbil-Mosul road")
People walk through the reopened Erbil-Mosul road after Peshmerga forces the main roads that link the both cities in Erbil, Iraq on October 12, 2017 [Yunus Keleş/Anadolu Agency]
![People walk through the reopened Erbil-Mosul road after Peshmerga forces the main roads that link the both cities in Erbil, Iraq on October 12, 2017 [Yunus Keleş/Anadolu Agency]Keleş/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017_10-12-Peshmerga-forces-reopen-Erbil-Mosul-road20171012_2_26242633_26738189.jpg?w=596&h=397&ssl=1 "Peshmerga forces reopen Erbil-Mosul road")
People walk through the reopened Erbil-Mosul road after Peshmerga forces the main roads that link the both cities in Erbil, Iraq on October 12, 2017 [Yunus Keleş/Anadolu Agency]Keleş/Anadolu Agency]
![People walk through the reopened Erbil-Mosul road after Peshmerga forces closed the main roads that link the both cities in Erbil, Iraq on October 12, 2017 [Yunus Keleş/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017_10-12-Peshmerga-forces-reopen-Erbil-Mosul-road20171012_2_26242633_26738190.jpg?w=596&h=397&ssl=1 "Peshmerga forces reopen Erbil-Mosul road")
People walk through the reopened Erbil-Mosul road after Peshmerga forces closed the main roads that link the both cities in Erbil, Iraq on October 12, 2017 [Yunus Keleş/Anadolu Agency]