Iraqi, Kurdish and U.S. Forces Join Together in Operation to Deliver Mosul from Clutches of ISIS

Ahmad Al-Rubaye, Abdulhamid Zebari, Jean-Marc Mojon : Oct 17, 2016
Times of Israel

In the morning hours Monday, convoys of Iraqi, Kurdish and U.S. forces moved east of Mosul along the front line as US-led coalition airstrikes sent plumes of smokes into the air and heavy artillery rounds could be heard.

(Al-Shura, Iraq)—[Times of Israel] Some 30,000 Iraqi forces were involved in Monday's offensive to retake Mosul and deal a death blow to the Islamic State group's "caliphate" in the city where it was declared two years ago. (AFP Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye/via Times of Israel)

The federal forces are leading the push, backed by a 60-nation US-led coalition, in what is expected to be a long and difficult assault on IS' last major Iraqi stronghold...

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