Battle of Mosul (2016-17)

Battle of Mosul (2016–17)

Part of the Iraqi Civil War (2014–present) and
the American-led intervention in Iraq

Map of the situation in Mosul as of July 11, 2017. Iraqi government control ISIL control Peshmerga control

Date	16 October 2016 – 20 July 2017 (9 months and 4 days)
Location	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 20 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

Iraqi Kurdistan
(until November 2016)

Supported by:

CJTF–OIR

Iran
Hezbollah

Iraqi Ba'ath Party Loyalists (limited involvement)

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)

Commanders and leaders

Lt. Gen. Abdul Amir Rashid Yarallah
(commander of the operation)
Lt. Gen. Talib Shaghati al-Kenan
(Joint Military Command, ICTS)
Maj. Gen. Fadhil Jalil al-Barwari
(ISOF commander)
Lt. Gen. Abdul Ghani al-Assadi
(Mosul Counter Terrorism Service commander)
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis
(Head of the PMF)

Massoud Barzani
(President of Regional Kurdish Government)

Lt. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend
(CJTF-OIR commander)

Muhammad Kawarithmi
(Hezbollah commander of Iraqi operations)

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
(Leader of ISIL)

Haqqi Esmaeil Owaid †
(a.k.a. Abu Ahmed; ISIL Governor of Mosul)

Ahmad Khalaf al-Jabouri
(ISIL military commander of Mosul)

Aymam al-Mosuli †
(Commander of the special security forces)

Units involved

See Anti-ISIL forces order of battle

See ISIL order of battle

Strength

54,000–60,000 ISF troops
14,000 paramilitary troops
40,000 Peshmerga troops
Total: 108,500–114,000 fighters

Support:

450 CJTF–OIR personnel

4,500–12,000 militants
(1,000+ foreigners)

Casualties and losses

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

11,700 killed
(per ISIL)

3,000+ (per Iraqi gov. adviser, until early March 2017)
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 French journalists killed
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 taking place as of 20 July. The Iraqi military and CENTCOM claimed that these were "clearance operations".

Iraq

Supported by:

Iran
Hezbollah

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