Coalition and Kurdish forces have pushed the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria from bridgeheads north of Mosul.

Kurdish peshmerga forces seized three bridgeheads — the area around the end of a bridge — on the west bank of the Tigris River north of Mosul, the coalition said Monday.

{mosads}”Kurdish Peshmerga Forces now hold the gains they have made and are postured to retake additional territory from Daesh in the vicinity of Mosul,” the coalition said in a statement, using another name for ISIS. 

Coalition forces led by the United States executed four close air support airstrikes between Feb. 6 and Feb. 8 in support of Kurdish forces on the ground, the coalition said. 

“This most recent Peshmerga Operation is yet another example of how Daesh can be defeated militarily using a combination of well led and capable ground forces enabled by Coalition Aviation and Advise and Assist capabilities,” said Lt. Gen. James Terry, commander of Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve.

The coalition’s advise and assist teams are also continuing to provide Kurdish forces with “operational and intelligence assistance.”

ISIS seized Mosul in June, and the U.S.-led coalition has been preparing Iraqi and Kurdish forces to recapture the strategically important city.