Iraq liberates Mosul
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US and Saudis agreed on (with whom?) allowing ISIS fighters to flee to Syria. Cartoon by iad tawil
Sources
- Exclusive: Islamic State crushes rebellion plot in Mosul as army closes in - "Reuters", October 14, 2016
- 'Terrorists from IS discovered a 'coup attempt' in their ranks' - "TASS" (in Russian), October 14, 2016
- According to Anatolian Agency, a large-scale military campaign of the Iraqi forces to regain control of Mosul to begin in the coming days.
- Turkish-trained fighters to join Mosul operation - Anadolu Agency, October 14, 2016
- Forces trained by Turkish military since 2015 in Camp Bashiqa will join fight to liberate Mosul from Daesh
- 'US Military (coalition) Starts Shelling Daesh Positions in Iraqi Mosul' - Sputnik, October 16, 2016
- 'USA and Iraq started an operation of liberation of Mosul' - Rusvesna, October 16, 2016
- Shelling precedes the start of a decisive operation to liberate Mosul
- Thousands of leaflets dropped over Mosul as the Iraqi Army prepares offensive- Al Masdar News, October 16, 2016
- Battle to retake Mosul from IS begins, Iraqi PM says - BBC, October 16-17, 2016
Videos
- Live feed, Ruptly TV, October 17, 2016
- Iraqi HUMVEEs hit by 2 IED (towards video end) , posted October 17, 2016
- Video titled "Iraqi 'Night Hunters MI-28 (and Iraqi planes) destroyed IS convoy, heading to Syria from Iraq"-Rusvesna, October 21, 2016
- IS launches counter-attack in Kirkuk- "Reuters", October 21, 2016 (+BBC report).
- Iraqi HUMVEEs hit by 2 IED (towards video end) , posted October 17, 2016
- IS destroys Abrams tank, posted October 24, 2016
- Storm of Mosul, documentary film by Alexander Rogatkin, Russia 24, 3 Dec. 2016 (Battle for Mosul would be more accurate title).
ISIS escape plan
- US-Saudi agreement to allow ISIS retreat from Mosul - Iraqi News, October 12, 2016
- How Iran closed the Mosul 'horseshoe' and changed Iraq war - Reuters, December 7, 2016
- The original campaign strategy called for Iraqi forces to close in around Mosul in a horseshoe formation, blocking three fronts but leaving open the fourth - to the west of the city leading to Islamic State territory in neighboring Syria.
- That model, used to recapture several Iraqi cities from the ultra-hardline militants in the last two years, would have left fighters and civilians a clear route of escape and could have made the Mosul battle quicker and simpler.
- But Tehran, anxious that retreating fighters would sweep back into Syria just as Iran's ally President Bashar al-Assad was gaining the upper hand in his country's five-year civil war, wanted Islamic State crushed and eliminated in Mosul.