Iraqi Kurds continue advance on Mosul

Kurdish fighters claim to have taken the town of Bashiqa near Mosul from the so-called Islamic State (IS) as coalition forces press their offensive against the jihadists’ last stronghold in Iraq

Mosul

SYRIA

Baghdad

IRAQ

300km 200 miles

IS attacks on Kirkuk (1) and Rutba (2) seen as attempt to divert attention
from Mosul offensive

Areas of control

Iraqi government

Kurdish Peshmerga

Joint Iraq-Kurd control

Islamic State (IS)

Direction of attack

Iraqi army advancing from south

NINEVEH PROVINCE

10km 6 miles

Telskuf

Batnaya

Tall Kayf

MOSUL

Bazwaia

IRAQ

Tigris

Hamma al-Alil

Shura

Qayyarah U.S. base

Qayyarah

Bashiqa: Peshmerga fighters claim to have entered town

Turkish artillery supporting peshmerga

Zlican: Turkish base

Bartella

Khazer

Irbil

Qaraqosh

Great Zab

Kuwayr

Kara Soar: U.S. base

Source: Institute for the Study of War

Picture: Google Earth