Iraqi forces closing in on Mosul

Iraqi forces, supported by U.S.-led airstrikes and special forces, are advancing on Mosul from the east and the south in the first phase of a long-planned offensive to retake the city from the Islamic State group

Areas of control

Iraqi government

Kurdish Peshmerga

Joint Iraq-Kurd control

Islamic State (IS)

Direction of attack

IRAQ

Tal Afar

Mosul 

Baghdad

300km 200 miles

IRAQ

Mosul Dam

Tigris River

Badush

MOSUL Population: 1.5 million About 4,000 to 8,000 militants thought to be
dug into city

NINEVEH PROVINCE

Iraqi army attacking on southern and front

Oct 17: Kurdish forces recapture 200 sq km, seizing several villages and securing large stretch of main road from Irbil to Mosul

Tall Kayf

Zlican: Turkish base

Bashiqa

Bartella

Bakhdida

Hamma al-Alil

Nimrud

Qayyarah

Qayyarah U.S. base

Khazer

Irbil

Kuwayr

Kara Soar: U.S. base

Makhmur

20km 12 miles

Source: Institute for the Study of War