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After seizing control of Mosul, IS forces executed an estimated 4,000 Iraqi Security Force prisoners, and dumped their bodies in the single largest known mass grave in Iraq, at the Khafsa Sinkhole. This mass grave was later uncovered during the Battle of Mosul (2016–2017). [14] Insurgents took full control of Tikrit on the evening of 11 June ...
Following the fall of Mosul, an estimated half a million people escaped on foot or by car during the next two days. [6] Many residents had trusted the Islamic State fighters at first in the city, and according to a member of the UK's Defence Select Committee, Mosul "fell because the [predominantly Sunni] people living there were fed up with the sectarianism of the Shia-dominated Iraqi government."
Battle of Mosul (2004), a battle fought during the Iraq War; Battle of Mosul (2008), part of the 2008 Nineveh campaign of the Iraq War; Fall of Mosul, a battle in June 2014 during which ISIL seized control of the city; Mosul offensive (2015), an offensive to retake the northern outskirts of the city from ISIL in 2015; Battle of Mosul (2016–17 ...
Mosul is a 2019 Arabic-language American war action film [2] written and directed by Matthew Michael Carnahan.The film is based on the 2016 Battle of Mosul, which saw Iraqi government forces and coalition allies defeat ISIS, who had controlled the city since June 2014.
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More than 500,000 people fled Mosul to escape ISIS. [90] Mosul is a strategic city as it is at a crossroad between Syria and Iraq, and posed the threat of ISIL seizing control of oil production. [78] 11 June: ISIL seized the Turkish consulate in the Iraqi city of Mosul, and kidnapped the head of the diplomatic mission and several staff members.
On 10 June 2014, the ISIL and JRTN forces capturing the second biggest city in Iraq, Mosul, after a 6-day battle in the city. On 12 June 2014, The Kurdish Peshmerga forces controlled the city of Kirkuk. After that, the Iraqi Army fled before any offensive was launched by the Islamist Forces. [2]
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