The Latest: Kurds deport Japanese over alleged IS contacts
BAGHDAD — The Latest on the battle in Iraq, now entering its fourth week, to retake the city of Mosul from the Islamic State group (all times local):
4:45 p.m.
Kurdish officials say that a Japanese national they had detained had links to the Islamic State group, but that he has been handed over to Japanese authorities.
In a statement, the Kurdistan Region Security Council said Kohsuke Tsuneoka was also known by the nom de guerre Shamil K.