Battle of Mosul

When

16 Oct 2016 – 20 Jul 2017

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

36.34° N, 43.14° E

Description

2016–2017 joint offensive by Iraqi government forces with allied militias to retake the city of Mosul from ISIL

Large-scale military campaign to recapture Mosul from the Islamic State

The Battle of Mosul was a major battle initiated by Iraq and allied forces to retake the city of Mosul from the Islamic State (IS), which had seized the city years prior in June 2014. It was the largest conventional land battle in the world since the capture of Baghdad in 2003.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announces the start of the Battle of Mosul, backed by the U.S.-led coalition, to retake ISIL-held Mosul”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “début de la bataille de Mossoul”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Мосул (Ирак) освобождён от боевиков террористической группировки «Исламское государство»”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “El ejército iraquí despliega su mayor ofensiva contra Estado Islámico en la llamada Batalla de Mosul, con el objetivo de liberar la ciudad”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “انطلاق معركة الموصل لأجل استعادة المدينة وضواحيها بالتنسيق بين قوات الجيش العراقي والبيشمركة والتحالف الدولي ضد تنظيم الدولة الإسلامية (داعش)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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