Mosul offensive (2015)

The Mosul offensive (2015) was an offensive launched by Kurdish Peshmerga forces on 21 January 2015, with the objective of severing key ISIL supply routes to Mosul, Iraq, and to recapture neighboring areas around Mosul. The effort was supported by US-led coalition airstrikes. The Iraqi Army was widely expected to launch the planned operation to retake the actual city of Mosul in the Spring of 2015, but the offensive was postponed to October 2016, after Ramadi fell to ISIL in May 2015.

This article is about the 2015 offensive. For the battle for the city, see Battle of Mosul (2016–17). For other uses, see Battle of Mosul.
Mosul offensive (2015)
Part of the War in Iraq

Map of the Kurdish-launched Mosul offensive in early 2015
Date21 January – 10 February 2015
(2 weeks and 6 days)
Location
Mosul, Iraq
35.8003°N 43.2897°E / 35.8003; 43.2897
Result

Peshmerga victory

  • Kurdish Peshmerga forces cut crucial supply routes to Mosul, retake some nearby villages, and open three fronts to the northwest of Mosul, near Badush Dam
  • The US-led Coalition intensifies airstrikes near Mosul to support the campaign to retake the city
  • Peshmerga forces continue to hold the areas and roads they captured, with Coalition airstrikes hampering ISIL operations in the region
Belligerents

 Iraqi Kurdistan

CJTF-OIR (airstrikes)

List
 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Commanders and leaders
Masoud Barzani
Barack Obama
David Cameron
Stephen Harper
Abdullah II		 Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
(Leader)
Abu Suleiman al-Naser (Replacement Military Chief)
"Prince of Nineveh" †
(top ISIL commander in Mosul)
Abu Malik † (ISIL chemical weapons expert)
Strength

 Iraqi Kurdistan

  • 5,000 soldiers
 12,000+ fighters
Casualties and losses
Unknown 256+ militants killed
3 civilians killed
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