Order of battle for the Battle of Mosul (2016–17)

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During the course of the Battle of Mosul (2016–17), an international coalition, primarily composed of the Iraqi Army, Kurdish Peshmerga, CJTF–OIR, along with the allied Popular Mobilization Forces, Company A, 2-502 Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), captured Mosul from the Islamic State, which had used Mosul as the capital for the Iraqi half of its "caliphate".

Anti-IS forces[edit]

 Iraq
Iraqi Army soldiers, south of Mosul, November 2016.

Commanded by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, Lieutenant General Abdul Amir Rashid Yarallah (commander of the operation), Major General Najim Abdullah al-Jubouri (ISF commander of the operation)

ICTS convoy in Mosul, February 2017.
ISOF soldiers in Mosul, November 2016.
 Kurdistan Region

Commanded by President Massoud Barzani

Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF–OIR)
U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis meets with Iraqi Minister of Defense Erfan al-Hiyali in Baghdad, 20 February 2017

Commanded by Lieutenant General Stephen J. Townsend

  • Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command – Operation Inherent Resolve (CJFLCC-OIR)
    Commanded by Major General Joseph M. Martin[21]

 United States

 France

 Germany

 Canada

 Turkey

 United Kingdom

 Australia

 Hezbollah

Commanded by Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah

 Iran

Islamic State[edit]

 Islamic State

Military of the Islamic State

  • Wilayat Nineveh
  • Al-Khansaa Brigade
  • Australian Brigade
  • Islamic Police (Al-Hisbah)
  • Tariq Bin Ziyad battalion[33]
  • Ramadi brigade (under Kawasir Division)
  • Fallujah brigade (under Yamama Division)
  • 3 brigade from Furqan division
  • Abu Umar al-Baghdadi brigade (under fatah division)
  • Tikrit brigade (under Qadisiya division)[34]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  34. ^ Mentioned by IS linked channel Sawt al-Zarqawi
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