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Battle of Mosul (2016–2017)

Battle of Mosul (2016–17)
Part of the Iraqi Civil War (2014–present) and
the American-led intervention in Iraq
Battle of Mosul (2016–2017).svg
Map of the situation in Mosul, as of 21 July 2017.      Iraqi government control     ISIL control     Peshmerga control
Date 16 October 2016 – 21 July 2017
(9 months and 5 days)
Location Northern Iraq
 • Southwest Erbil Governorate
 • Nineveh Governorate
Result Decisive Iraqi Government and allied victory
Territorial
changes
  • The ISF recaptured all of eastern Mosul by 24 January 2017. The Old City and the rest of Mosul was retaken by 21 July 2017.
  • By 3 December 2016, the ISF and Peshmerga had captured a total of 5,677 square kilometers (2,192 sq mi) and 369 villages from ISIL.
  • Iraqi forces launch another offensive on 25 April 2017, to secure the Iraqi-Syrian border
  • The PMU captures 360 villages, and an area of around 14,000 square kilometres to west of Mosul, by mid-June 2017
Belligerents

Iraq Iraq

Supported by:

 Iran
Hezbollah

Iraqi Ba'ath Party Loyalists (limited involvement)
 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
Commanders and leaders

Iraq Lt. Gen. Abdul Amir Rashid Yarallah
(commander of the operation)
Iraq Lt. Gen. Talib Shaghati al-Kenan
(Joint Military Command, ICTS)
Iraq Maj. Gen. Fadhil Jalil al-Barwari
(ISOF commander)
Iraq Lt. Gen. Abdul Ghani al-Assadi
(Mosul Counter Terrorism Service commander)
Iraq Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis
(Head of the PMF)
Iraqi Kurdistan Massoud Barzani
(President of Regional Kurdish Government)
United States Lt. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend
(CJTF-OIR commander)
Muhammad Kawarithmi
(Hezbollah commander of Iraqi operations)

Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri (Secretary General of the Ba'ath Party)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
(Leader of ISIL)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Haqqi Esmaeil Owaid 
(a.k.a. Abu Ahmed; ISIL Governor of Mosul)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Ahmad Khalaf al-Jabouri
(ISIL military commander of Mosul)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant 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

  • Iraq 54,000–60,000 ISF troops
  • 14,000 paramilitary troops
  • Iraqi Kurdistan 40,000 Peshmerga troops
Support:
450 CJTF–OIR personnel
6,000–12,000 militants
(1,000+ foreigners)
Casualties and losses

Iraq 1,200–1,400 killed, 6,000–7,000+ wounded
Iraqi Kurdistan 30 killed, 70–100 wounded
United States 2 killed, 20 wounded
Iran 3 killed
Total: 1,235–1,435+ killed, 6,090–7,120+ wounded (per U.S.)

Iraq Iraqi Kurdistan 9,100+ 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)
40,000 civilians killed (per Asayish)
2,521+ civilians killed, another 1,673 wounded (per UN)
France 2 French journalists killed
Iraq 47 Iraqi journalists killed, 55 wounded (per Federation of Arab Journalists)

Displaced:
1,072,170 (per IOM)
920,000+ (per the UN and Iraq)
a The Iraqi Government formally declared victory on 10 July 2017, but the fighting continued, with heavy airstrikes and shelling continuing until 22 July. The Iraqi military and CENTCOM claimed that these were "clearance operations".

Iraq Iraq

Supported by:

 Iran
Hezbollah

Iraq Lt. Gen. Abdul Amir Rashid Yarallah
(commander of the operation)
Iraq Lt. Gen. Talib Shaghati al-Kenan
(Joint Military Command, ICTS)
Iraq Maj. Gen. Fadhil Jalil al-Barwari
(ISOF commander)
Iraq Lt. Gen. Abdul Ghani al-Assadi
(Mosul Counter Terrorism Service commander)
Iraq Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis
(Head of the PMF)
Iraqi Kurdistan Massoud Barzani
(President of Regional Kurdish Government)
United States Lt. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend
(CJTF-OIR commander)
Muhammad Kawarithmi
(Hezbollah commander of Iraqi operations)


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