What is "bashiqa"

Bashiqa , is an town located in the Mosul District of the Ninawa Governorate in Assyria, northern Iraq. Its name comes from the Assyrian Neo-Aramaic words "Bet" and "Ashiqa," meaning "House of lovers." Bashiqa's residents are mostly Yazidis and Shabaks as well as a minority of Assyrians, and Arabs Muslims. Bashiqa is famous for its olive trees, olive oil, and soap. It is also famous with its onion, pickles and arak. It used to be a tourist destination to the locals in Mosul and Iraqis in general. Bashiqa is surrounded with a small mountain to the north and farms of olives all around the town

In 2012, car bombs went off in the town.

In June 2014, when ISIL militia took over the city, they changed the name to Du'a city.

Yazidi civilians fled the city in 2014. The region has seen fighting between ISIL and Kurdish Peshmerga forces, but was under ISIL control in August 2015.

Turkish soldiers have been deployed in a training mission in the Mosul District, in 2015, without authorization of Baghdad, but with permission of Iraqi Kurdistan.