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2016 offensive against ISIL's positions in Mosul and the surrounding region This article is about the 2016 offensive. Najim al-Jubouri ( ISF commander of Nineveh Operations) Brig. Marines USAF France : French Air Force French Army United Kingdom : Royal Air Force Canada : Royal Canadian Air Force Canadian Special Forces Military of ISIL Wilayat Ninawa Strength ISF: 20,000–25,000 soldiers Peshmerga: 10,000 soldiers NPU: 600 fighters US: 200 Marines (tactical support only) 500 military advisors (since Sept.) Total: 12,000–20,000 7,000–15,000 militants in Mosul city At least 5,000 militants in the Mosul suburbs Casualties and losses 62 killed 254 wounded 20 killed 150 wounded 1 killed 2 wounded ISIL claims 6,630+ overall casualties 1,300+ militants killed (by June 2016) 99 deserters executed 100+ boats destroyed 783+ civilians executed 120,000+ civilians displaced The Mosul offensive (2016) , codenamed Operation Conquest or Operation Fatah , was an offensive against the positions of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Mosul and the surrounding region. The offensive was a joint effort by the government of Iraqi Kurdistan , the Iraqi government forces with allied militias, local Assyrian Christian , Yezidi , Turcoman and Armenian militias, and US and UK air support and limited ground forces.1 The aim of the operation, part of the military intervention against ISIL , was to set the conditions for an upcoming battle to push ISIL out of the second-largest city of Iraq, as well as the rest of the Nineveh Governorate . The operation followed the Mosul offensive in 2015 , which successfully recaptured parts of the region northwest of Mosul, but stopped short of breaching the city itself, for various reasons. Early in the morning of 21 October 2016, on the fifth day of the Mosul offensive, dozens of ISIL fighters assaulted the Kurdish oil-rich city of Kirkuk , 175 kilometers (110 mi) from Mosul. After entering the city, ISIL members split up into groups of three to five fighters and spread out to five areas in the city after infiltrating on foot, and the battle lasted into the evening. By 22 October 2016, four of the five areas had been secured, with ISIL fighters remaining alive in the Dumez district. The strategy by Islamic State seems to have only been partially effective, as although it diverted media attention from the Mosul offensive, none of the forces used to repel the ISIL fighters came from the Mosul offensive. "Peshmerga commander killed in ISIS dawn assault in northern Mosul" . 28 September 2016. New York Times . 27 August 2014 .2 "Iraqi Army makes final preparations for massive offensive" . 10 September 2016 . "Battle for Mosul weeks away as 500 US 'advisers' jet in" . 10 September 2016 . "ISIS buries 45 of its members "alive" in Nineveh" . "US-led airstrikes sink over 100 'ISIS navy' boats plotting river attacks and transporting weapons" . "Daesh terrorists kill 50 Iraqi citizens in Iraqi Fallujah, Mosul" . 31 March 2016 .3 "ISIS jihadis execute 18 civilians in Mosul on charges of spying" . 8 April 2016.
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2016 offensive against ISIL's positions in Mosul and the surrounding region This article is about the 2016 offensive. Najim al-Jubouri ( ISF commander of Nineveh Operations) Brig. Marines USAF France : French Air Force French Army United Kingdom : Royal Air Force Canada : Royal Canadian Air Force Canadian Special Forces Military of ISIL Wilayat Ninawa Strength ISF: 20,000–25,000 soldiers Peshmerga: 10,000 soldiers NPU: 600 fighters US: 200 Marines (tactical support only) 500 military advisors (since Sept.) Total: 12,000–20,000 7,000–15,000 militants in Mosul city At least 5,000 militants in the Mosul suburbs Casualties and losses 62 killed 254 wounded 20 killed 150 wounded 1 killed 2 wounded ISIL claims 6,630+ overall casualties 1,300+ militants killed (by June 2016) 99 deserters executed 783+ civilians executed 120,000+ civilians displaced The Shirqat offensive , codenamed Operation Conquest or Operation Fatah , was an offensive against the positions of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in and around the district of Al-Shirqat District to reach the city of Mosul . The offensive was a joint effort by the government of Iraqi Kurdistan , the Iraqi government forces with allied militias, local Assyrian Christian , Yezidi , Turcoman and Armenian militias, and US and UK air support and limited ground forces. The aim of the operation, part of the military intervention against ISIL , was to set the conditions for an upcoming battle to push ISIL out of the second-largest city of Iraq, as well as the rest of the Nineveh Governorate . The operation followed the Mosul offensive in 2015 , which successfully recaptured parts of the region northwest of Mosul, but stopped short of breaching the city itself, for various reasons. Early in the morning of 21 October 2016, on the fifth day of the Mosul offensive, dozens of ISIL fighters assaulted the Kurdish oil-rich city of Kirkuk , 175 kilometers (110 mi) from Mosul. After entering the city, ISIL members split up into groups of three to five fighters and spread out to five areas in the city after infiltrating on foot, and the battle lasted into the evening. By 22 October 2016, four of the five areas had been secured, with ISIL fighters remaining alive in the Dumez district. The strategy by Islamic State seems to have only been partially effective, as although it diverted media attention from the Mosul offensive, none of the forces used to repel the ISIL fighters came from the Mosul offensive. "Peshmerga commander killed in ISIS dawn assault in northern Mosul" . 28 September 2016. New York Times . 27 August 2014 . "Iraqi Army makes final preparations for massive offensive" . 10 September 2016. "Battle for Mosul weeks away as 500 US 'advisers' jet in" . 10 September 2016 . "ISIS buries 45 of its members "alive" in Nineveh" . "ISIS jihadis execute 18 civilians in Mosul on charges of spying" . 8 April 2016.
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2016 offensive against ISIL's positions in Mosul and the surrounding region This article is about the 2016 offensive. Najim al-Jubouri ( ISF commander of Nineveh Operations) Brig. Marines USAF France : French Air Force French Army United Kingdom : Royal Air Force Canada : Royal Canadian Air Force Canadian Special Forces Military of ISIL Wilayat Ninawa Strength ISF: 20,000–25,000 soldiers Peshmerga: 10,000 soldiers NPU: 600 fighters US: 200 Marines (tactical support only) 500 military advisors (since Sept.) Total: 12,000–20,000 7,000–15,000 militants in Mosul city At least 5,000 militants in the Mosul suburbs Casualties and losses 62 killed 254 wounded 20 killed 150 wounded 1 killed 2 wounded (ISIL claims 6,630+ overall casualties ) 1,300+ militants killed (by June 2016) 99 deserters executed 783+ civilians executed 120,000+ civilians displaced The Shirqat offensive , codenamed Operation Conquest or Operation Fatah , was an offensive against the positions of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in and around the district of Al-Shirqat District to reach the city of Mosul . The offensive was a joint effort by the Iraqi government forces with allied militias, local Assyrian , Yezidi , Turkmen and Armenian militias, as well as Peshmerga and US and UK air support and limited ground forces. The aim of the operation, part of the military intervention against ISIL , was to set the conditions for an upcoming battle to push ISIL out of the second-largest city of Iraq, as well as the rest of the Nineveh Governorate . The operation followed the Mosul offensive in 2015 , which successfully recaptured parts of the region northwest of Mosul, but stopped short of breaching the city itself, for various reasons. Early in the morning of 21 October 2016, on the fifth day of the Mosul offensive, dozens of ISIL fighters assaulted the oil-rich city of Kirkuk , 175 kilometers (110 mi) from Mosul. After entering the city, ISIL members split up into groups of three to five fighters and spread out to five areas in the city after infiltrating on foot, and the battle lasted into the evening. By 22 October 2016, four of the five areas had been secured, with ISIL fighters remaining alive in the Dumez district. The strategy by Islamic State seems to have only been partially effective, as although it diverted media attention from the Mosul offensive, none of the forces used to repel the ISIL fighters came from the Mosul offensive. "Peshmerga commander killed in ISIS dawn assault in northern Mosul" . 28 September 2016. "Iraqi Army makes final preparations for massive offensive" . 10 September 2016. "Battle for Mosul weeks away as 500 US 'advisers' jet in" . 10 September 2016 . "ISIS buries 45 of its members "alive" in Nineveh" . "ISIS jihadis execute 18 civilians in Mosul on charges of spying" . 8 April 2016.
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