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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 February 2025. Large-scale military campaign to recapture Mosul from the Islamic State For other uses, see Battle of Mosul (disambiguation). Battle of Mosul (2016–2017) Part of War in Iraq (2013–2017) Map of the advances by the Iraqi Army in Mosul city during the battle Date 16 October 2016 – 21 ...
On 9 December 2008, Ukraine formally withdrew its last forces from Iraq, ending its participation in the Iraq War. Prior to the Russo-Ukrainian War, Ukraine's involvement in the Iraq War was the largest military operation ever performed by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Over 6,000 Ukrainians performed military service in Iraq and Kuwait during ...
The Iraq War Media Office announced that Abu Hamza al-Ansari, a key ISIL leader from Algeria, was killed in southern Mosul during clashes with the Iraqi Army's 15th Division. [ 119 ] Mosul Eye reported that ISIL had begun installing bombs around residential buildings. [ 120 ]
Beginning on 16 October 2016, American-led forces began taking back control of the city of Mosul after it fell under occupation of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in 2014. [17] On 24 January 2017, the Eastern half of the city had been liberated from ISIL control, and the coalition forces began advancing into western Mosul soon ...
MOSUL (Reuters) - When Islamic State seized the five-star Ninewah Oberoi Hotel in east Mosul it replaced wealthy Iraqi patrons with another kind of elite -- foreign fighters and suicide bombers ...
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."
Russia currently occupies a little under 20 per cent of Ukraine, including parts of four regions of mainland Ukraine, as well as the Crimean peninsula. Mr Putin first invaded Ukraine in 2014, when ...
By RYAN GORMAN The newest Islamic State video starring kidnapped British journalist John Cantlie takes viewers on a bizarre tour of Mosul, Iraq, while refuting recent claims made in media reports.