What the records say
- When
- 24 Mar 2016
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 35.80° N, 43.29° E
- Description
- 2016 offensive against ISIL's positions in Mosul and the surrounding region
Shirqat offensive (2016)
2016 offensive against ISIL's positions in Mosul and the surrounding region
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.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “début de l'offensive de Qayyarah”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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