Battle of Mosul (2016–2017)

Abdul Amir Rashid Yarallah (Commander of the operation) Lt. Talib Shaghati al-Kenan (Joint Military Command, ICTS ) Maj. Abdul Ghani al-Assadi (Mosul Counter Terrorism Service commander) Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis (Head of the PMU ) Massoud Barzani (President of Regional Kurdish Government) Lt. Townsend ( CJTF-OIR commander) Muhammad Kawarithmi (Hezbollah commander of Iraqi operations) Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Leader of ISIL) Haqqi Esmaeil Owaid † ( aka Abu Ahmed; ISIL governor of Mosul) Ahmad Khalaf al-Jabouri (ISIL military commander of Mosul) Aymam al-Mosuli † (Commander of the special security forces) Units involved See anti-ISIL forces order of battle See ISIL order of battle Strength Total: 108,500–114,000 fighters 54,000–60,000 ISF troops 14,000 paramilitary troops 40,000 Peshmerga troops Support: 450 CJTF–OIR advisers, many aircraft 6,000–12,000 militants (1,000+ foreigners) Casualties and losses 900-1,200 killed, 4,000-5,000+ wounded 30 killed, 70–100 wounded 2 killed, 20 wounded 3 killed Total : 935-2,100+ killed (per ISIL) 7,757–10,859+ (per Iraqi commanders during the battle) 16,467 killed (per Iraqi diplomatic official) 25,000+ killed (per top Iraqi commander) 6,340 civilians killed and 17,124 injured (as of mid-March 2017, per observer Joel Wing) 8,000+ civilians killed or injured (as of 5 May 2017; per The Telegraph ) 5,805 civilians killed (19 Feb.–19 June 2017, by Iraqi/Coalition strikes, per AI ) 9,606–11,000 civilians killed (per AP ) 40,000 civilians killed (per Asayish ) 2,521+ civilians killed, 1,673 wounded (per UN) 2 French journalists killed 47 Iraqi journalists killed, 55 wounded (per Federation of Arab Journalists) 1 British journalist injured Displaced: 1,072,170 (per IOM) 920,000+ (per the UN and Iraq) The Iraqi Government formally declared victory on 10 July 2017, but the fighting continued, with heavy airstrikes and shelling, until 20 July. The Iraqi military and CENTCOM claimed that these were "clearance operations." The Battle of Mosul (2016–17) ( , Ma'rakat al-Mawṣil ; , Şeriy Mûsil ) was a major military campaign launched 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 city in June 2014. During the military intervention against ISIL , Iraqi and Peshmerga forces had already made unsuccessful attempts to retake the city in 2015 and again in 2016 , despite limited gains. The offensive, dubbed Operation "We Are Coming, Nineveh " ( قادمون يا نينوى ; Qadimun Ya Naynawa ), began on 16 October 2016, with forces besieging ISIL-controlled areas in the Nineveh Governorate surrounding Mosul, and continued with Iraqi troops and Peshmerga fighters engaging ISIL on three fronts outside Mosul, going from village to village in the surrounding area in the largest deployment of Iraqi troops since the 2003 invasion of Iraq . The battle was also the world's single largest military operation in nearly 15 years, the largest since the 2003 invasion of Iraq . At dawn on 1 November 2016, Iraqi Special Operations Forces entered the city from the east. Met with fierce fighting, the government advance into the city was slowed by elaborate defenses and by the presence of civilians, but the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared "full liberation of eastern side of Mosul" on 24 January 2017. Iraqi troops began their offensive to recapture western Mosul on 19 February 2017. On 9 July 2017, the Iraqi Prime Minister arrived in Mosul to announce the victory over ISIL, and an official declaration of victory was proclaimed on 10 July. However, heavy clashes continued in a final pocket of ISIL resistance in the Old City, for almost another 2 weeks. It was estimated that removing the explosives from Mosul and repairing the city over the next 5 years would require $50 billion (2017 USD), while Mosul's Old City alone would cost about US$1 billion to repair. The Battle of Mosul was concurrent with the Battle of Sirte (2016) in Libya and the Raqqa campaign (2016–17) conducted by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) against ISIL's capital city and stronghold in Syria . Al-Araby Al-Jadeed (The New Arab) . 24 September 2016. Defensie . 19 December 2019. : CS1 maint: url-status ( link ) Iaconangelo, David (29 October 2016). The Fight for the City Is Far from Over" . "Irak : l'opération pour reprendre Mossoul des mains de l'EI est lancée" [Iraq: Operation to retake Mosul from ISIS is launched]. "Islamic State leader Baghdadi abandons Mosul fight to field commanders, U.S. and Iraqi sources say" . "True civilian death toll in Mosul feared to be 40,000 - eight times higher than previous estimates" . The New York Times . The New York Times . "العبادي يطلق على عمليات تحرير نينوى تسمية "قادمون يا نينوى" أمن" (in Arabic). Everything you need to know about the fight to liberate Isil's last bastion of power in Iraq" .

Large military campaign to recapture Mosul from ISIL For other uses, see Battle of Mosul (disambiguation) . Abdul Amir Rashid Yarallah (Commander of the operation) Lt. Talib Shaghati (Joint Military Command, ICTS ) Maj. Townsend ( CJTF-OIR commander) Muhammad Kawarithmi (Hezbollah commander of Iraqi operations) Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Leader of ISIL) Amir Mohammed Abdul Rahman al-Mawli al-Salbi (ISIL deputy, alleged involvement) Ahmad Khalaf al-Jabouri (military commander for Mosul) Aymam al-Mosuli † (Commander of the special security forces) Units involved See anti-ISIL forces order of battle See ISIL order of battle Strength Total: 108,500–114,000 fighters 54,000–60,000 ISF troops 14,000 paramilitary troops 40,000 Peshmerga troops OP Inherent Resolve : U.S. Air Force Royal Air Force French Air Force Turkish Air Force CJTF–OIR 450 military advisors 6,000–12,000 militants (1,000+ foreigners) Casualties and losses 900–1,200 killed, 4,000–5,000+ wounded 30 killed, 70–100 wounded 2 killed, 20 wounded 3 killed 7,757–10,859+ (per Iraqi commanders during the battle) 16,467 killed (per Iraqi diplomatic official) 25,000+ killed (per top Iraqi commander) 6,340 civilians killed and 17,124 injured (as of mid-March 2017, per observer Joel Wing) 8,000+ civilians killed or injured (as of 5 May 2017; per The Telegraph ) 5,805 civilians killed (19 Feb.–19 June 2017, by Iraqi/Coalition strikes, per AI ) 9,606–11,000 total killed (per AP ) 40,000 civilians killed (per Asayish ) 2,521+ civilians killed, 1,673 wounded (per UN) 2 French journalists killed 47 Iraqi journalists killed, 55 wounded (per Federation of Arab Journalists) 1 British journalist injured Displaced: 1,072,170 (per IOM) 920,000+ (per the UN and Iraq) The Iraqi Government formally declared victory on 10 July 2017, but the fighting continued, with heavy airstrikes and shelling, until 20 July. The Iraqi military and CENTCOM said that these were "clearance operations." The Battle of Mosul ( , Ma'rakat al-Mawṣil ; , Şerrê Mûsilê ) was a major military campaign launched 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 city in June 2014. The battle at the time was the world's single largest military operation since the 2003 invasion of Iraq and was considered the toughest urban battle since World War II . The operation, dubbed Operation " We Are Coming, Nineveh " ( قادمون يا نينوى ; Qadimun Ya Naynawa ), began on 16 October 2016, with forces besieging ISIL-controlled areas in the Nineveh Governorate surrounding Mosul, and continued with Iraqi troops and Peshmerga fighters engaging ISIL on three fronts outside Mosul, going from village to village in the surrounding area in the largest deployment of Iraqi troops since the 2003 invasion of Iraq . At dawn on 1 November 2016, Iraqi Special Operations Forces entered the city from the east. Met with fierce fighting, the government advance into the city was slowed by elaborate defenses and by the presence of civilians, but the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared "full liberation of eastern side of Mosul" on 24 January 2017. Iraqi troops began their offensive to recapture western Mosul on 19 February 2017. On 9 July 2017, the Iraqi Prime Minister arrived in Mosul to announce the victory over ISIL, and an official declaration of victory was proclaimed on 10 July. However, heavy clashes continued in a final pocket of ISIL resistance in the Old City, for almost another 2 weeks. It was estimated that removing the explosives from Mosul and repairing the city over the next 5 years would require $50 billion (2017 USD), while Mosul's Old City alone would cost about US$1 billion to repair. The Battle of Mosul was concurrent with the Battle of Sirte (2016) in Libya and the Raqqa campaign (2016–17) conducted by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) against ISIL's capital city and stronghold in Syria . Al-Araby Al-Jadeed (The New Arab) . 24 September 2016. "Pakistan helped Iraq in defeating IS, says Iraqi envoy" . 15 July 2017. The Christian Science Monitor . The Fight for the City Is Far from Over" . "Irak : l'opération pour reprendre Mossoul des mains de l'EI est lancée" [Iraq: Operation to retake Mosul from ISIS is launched]. "Islamic State leader Baghdadi abandons Mosul fight to field commanders, U.S. and Iraqi sources say" . The New York Times . "True civilian death toll in Mosul feared to be 40,000 – eight times higher than previous estimates" . " "We Experienced Chaos:" Joshua Baker on Filming "Battle for Iraq" " . YouTube . 846,252 displaced, 225,918 returnees "Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM)" . The New York Times . The New York Times . "العبادي يطلق على عمليات تحرير نينوى تسمية "قادمون يا نينوى" أمن" (in Arabic). Everything you need to know about the fight to liberate Isil's last bastion of power in Iraq" .