Seven Peshmerga soldiers of the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) and three civilians were killed early Friday in an attack by Daesh/ISIS terrorists in northern Iraq, according to security sources.

Axar.az reports that members of the terrorist group initially targeted a village near Mosul's Mahmur district, killing three civilians.

Peshmerga forces who were transferred to the region following the attack fell into an ambush set by the terror group, Peshmerga Commander Nejat Hule told Erbil-based broadcaster Rudaw.

Seven soldiers were killed in the clashes, Hule said.