Order of battle for the Battle of Mosul (2016–17)
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 of Iraq and the Levant, which had used Mosul as the capital for the Iraqi half of its "caliphate".
Anti-ISIL forces[]
Iraq
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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)
Iraqi Army
1st Division[1]
- 9th Armored Division[1]
Commanded by Lieutenant General Qassim Jassem Nazal - 15th Division[1]
- 16th Division[1]
- 3rd Group
Commanded by Colonel Mohamed Moheil Suleiman al-Jabouri †[2]
- 3rd Group
- Unknown
- 91st Brigade
Commanded by Colonel Falah Hassan Salman †[3]
- 91st Brigade
Iraqi Air Force
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/CTS_Convoy_Mosul_1.jpeg/220px-CTS_Convoy_Mosul_1.jpeg)
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Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service (ICTS)
Commanded by Lieutenant General Talib Shaghati al-Kenan (Joint Military Operation Command), Lieutenant General Abdul-Ghani al-Assadi, Lieutenant General Abdel-Wahab al-SaadiIraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF)
- 1st Special Operations Brigade ("Golden Division")
Commanded by Major General Fadhil Jalil al-Barwari- 1st Commando Battalion
- 2nd Special Operations Brigade
Commanded by Major General Maan al-Saadi[4]
- 1st Special Operations Brigade ("Golden Division")
Federal Police
Commanded by Lieutenant General Raed Shaker Jawdat- Iraqi police rapid response units
Commanded by Major General Thamer al-Husseini
- Iraqi police rapid response units
Assyrian forces
Nineveh Plain Protection Units
Commanded by General Behnam Abboosh- Nineveh Plain Forces[5]
Commanded by Safaa Khamro - Dwekh Nawsha[6]
Commanded by Albert Kisso Babylon Brigades[7][8]
Commanded by Rayan al-Kildani, a Chaldean Catholic Assyrian with close ties to the Badr Organization
- Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF)[9]
Commanded by Abu Mahdi al-MuhandisBadr Organization[10]
Commanded by Hadi Al-AmiriAsa'ib Ahl al-Haq[10]
Commanded by Qais al-Khazali- Peace Companies
Kata'ib Hezbollah[11]
- Saraya Ashura[10]
- Saraya Khorasani[10]
- Kata'ib al-Imam Ali[10]
- Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba[10]
Turkmen Brigades[12]
- Saraya al-Jihad[13]
- 39th Regiment[14]
- Sinjar Alliance
Sinjar Resistance Units (YBŞ)[15][16][17][18]
Commanded by Mazlum ShengalÊzîdxan Women's Units (YJÊ)[15][16][17][18]
Commanded by Berivan Arin
- Local residents[19]
Kurdistan Region
Commanded by President Massoud Barzani
Peshmerga
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/170220-D-GO396-0170_%2832860773132%29.jpg/220px-170220-D-GO396-0170_%2832860773132%29.jpg)
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[20]
United States
U.S. Air Force
U.S. Marine Corps[21]
Commanded by Major General Gary J. Volesky- 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2-502 Infantry Regiment
France
United Kingdom
Royal Air Force[24]
Australia
Royal Australian Air Force[25]
Hezbollah
Commanded by Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah
- Hezbollah military
- Hezbollah units in Iraq
Commanded by Muhammad Kawarithmi[26]
- Hezbollah units in Iraq
Iran
- IRGC
- Basij[27]
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[]
ISIL
Military of ISIL
- Wilayat Nineveh
- Al-Khansaa Brigade
- Australian Brigade
- Nahawand Brigade[28]
- Furqan Brigade
- Islamic Police (Al-Hisbah)
- Tariq Bin Ziyad battalion[29]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b c d Muhannad al-Ghazi (25 October 2016). "Anti-IS troops are gaining ground on multiple fronts in Iraq". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ "Iraqi commander killed in western Mosul". Iraqi News. 19 May 2017.
- ^ "Army commander killed during battles in Mosul". Iraqi News. 15 April 2017.
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- ^ "NPF declaring their participation to Mosul offensive". Syriac International News Agency. 18 October 2016. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
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- ^ "Babylon Brigade: A look at the Christian militia fighting against ISIS".
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- ^ a b c d e f Amir Toumaj (4 November 2016). "Iraqi PMF attempts to cut off Islamic State in Mosul". The Long War Journal. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
- ^ Bill Roggio; Caleb Weiss (28 October 2016). "Hezbollah Brigades hurries troops to Mosul fight". The Long War Journal. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ^ "وکالة تسنیم الدولیة للأنباء – اردوغان ارسل جيشه الى العراق تجنبا لانقلاب ثانٍ.. لا حاجة للتركمان بتركيا". وکالة تسنیم الدولیة للأنباء (in Arabic). Retrieved 2017-04-20.
- ^ العميد, أحمد (November 29, 2016). "سرايا "الجهاد" تدمر رتلا عسكريا لـ"داعش" من 8 مركبات غرب الموصل". الوطن.
- ^ Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi (6 September 2019). "Tribal Hashd of Ninawa: Interview with the 39th Regiment". Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- ^ a b "All-female Yazidi militia launches operation for revenge on Isis in northern Iraq". The Independent. 14 November 2016.
- ^ a b "YJŞ/YBŞ: Our goal is to liberate every village of Ezidxan". ANF News. 13 November 2016.
- ^ a b "Iraqi gov't to fund terrorist PKK's Yazidi branch from its 2017 budget". Daily Sabah. 1 December 2016.
- ^ a b "Baghdad Funding for PKK Continues Despite Illegality: MP". Bas News. 12 December 2016.
- ^ "Iraqi forces apparently relying on inside rebels to fight IS in western Mosul". Iraqi News. 20 March 2017.
- ^ "CJFLCC-OIR".
- ^ "Mosul offensive: officials confirm US troops are on the ground". The Guardian. 17 October 2016.
- ^ "On board the French nuclear carrier battling ISIS". 17 October 2016.
- ^ "L'artillerie française soutient les forces irakiennes pour libérer Mossoul". Le Figaro. 1 November 2016.
- ^ "RAF jets join strikes on Islamic State targets in Mosul". 19 October 2016.
- ^ "Australian bombers and medics playing key role in the battle for Mosul". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 February 2017.
- ^ Daoud, David (5 November 2016). "Hezbollah fighters train Iraqi Shiite militants near Mosul". Long War Journal. Archived from the original on 6 November 2016.
- ^ "Iranian sniper embedded in Iraqi militia killed near Mosul | FDD's Long War Journal". www.longwarjournal.org. March 2, 2017.
- ^ "Why liberating Mosul won't lead to the end of IS". AlMonitor. 11 May 2017.
- ^ "Isis file reveals 'problem' foreign fighters are refusing to fight in Iraq". The Independent. 8 February 2017.
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