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The Battle of Mosul (Arabic: معركة الموصل, Ma'rakat al-Mawṣil; Kurdish: شەڕی مووسڵ, Şerrê Mûsilê) was a major battle initiated by the Iraqi Government forces with allied militias, the Kurdistan Regional Government, and international forces to retake the city of Mosul from the Islamic State (ISIL), which had seized the ...
The fall of Mosul in Iraq occurred between 4 and 10 June 2014, when Islamic State (IS) insurgents, initially led by Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi, captured Mosul from the Iraqi Army, led by Lieutenant General Mahdi Al-Gharrawi.
Jul 10, 2017 · The battle for Mosul was a huge military operation to recapture Iraq's second largest city from so-called Islamic State (IS). Mosul fell to IS in June 2014, with...
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared the city of Mosul liberated from Islamic State control on Sunday, a watershed moment in the U.S.-backed Iraqi military campaign against the extremist...
Jul 19, 2017 · The battle of Mosul began officially on Oct. 17, 2016. Sonically, it didn’t come into its own until some weeks later. In the opening skirmishes, as Iraqi troops encountered Islamic State...
Sep 15, 2021 · Learn from the 2016–17 urban battle that liberated Mosul from ISIS control. This case study examines the challenges, lessons, and implications of the campaign for future urban warfare.
The Battle for Mosul was the first large-scale combat operation (LSCO) with U.S. participation since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. 2 The coalition’s objective was to recapture the city from the...
