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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 ...
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 IS...
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared the city of Mosul liberated from Islamic State control on July 9, a momentous occasion in a U.S.-backed Iraqi military campaign that began nearly ...
Jul 19, 2017 · The author argues that the U.S. has not learned from its mistakes in fighting extremism and asymmetric wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria. He criticizes the lack of clear strategic and grand strategic objectives, the failure to secure the post-conflict environment, and the reliance on tactical victories.
The fall of Mosul 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. On 4 June, the insurgents began their efforts to capture Mosul.
- 4-10 June 2014(6 days)
- Mosul, Iraq
Jul 19, 2017 · In October, Iraqi forces set out to retake Mosul, one of Iraq’s largest cities and ISIS’s biggest stronghold in the country. It would take them nine months and cost thousands of lives.
Yuri Kozyrev—Noor for TIME. When fighters with the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria swept across Iraq in the summer of 2014, the largest prize they claimed was the city of Mosul. The...
