Iraq’s special forces join Mosul offensive

Kurdish peshmerga and elite Iraqi troops have launched a large-scale  operation east and north of Mosul, as the offensive to oust so-called
Islamic State militants from the Iraqi city intensifies

MOSUL

Baghdad

IRAQ

300km 200 miles

NINEVEH PROVINCE

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Areas of control

Iraqi government

Kurdish Peshmerga

Joint Iraq-Kurd control

Islamic State (IS)

Direction of attack

Iraqi army advancing from south

10km 6 miles

IRAQ

Tall Kayf

Mosul

Tigris

Hamma al-Alil

Shura

Qayyarah U.S. base

Qayyarah

Zlican: Turkish base

Bashiqa

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Highway 2

Khazer

Irbil

Great Zab

Kuwayr

Kara Soar: U.S. base

Source: Institute for the Study of War

Picture: Google Earth