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Fall of Mosul

For other uses, see Battle of Mosul (disambiguation).
Fall of Mosul
Part of the War in Iraq (2013–2017)

A Humvee damaged after an IS attack in Mosul on 14 June 2014
Date4–10 June 2014
(6 days)
Location
Mosul, Iraq
Result

IS victory

Territorial
changes
  • IS takes over Mosul on June 10.[2][3][4]
  • Iraqi Security Forces abandon Mosul.[1]
  • IS seizes the provincial government headquarters, Mosul International Airport, the local prisons and banks.[1]
    • Belligerents
    Iraq Islamic State Islamic State
    Commanders and leaders
    Iraq Mahdi Al-Gharrawi Islamic State Muhammad Sa'id Abdal-Rahman al-Mawla[5]
    Islamic State Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi †
    Units involved
    		 Military of the Islamic State
    Strength

    60,000[6]

    • 30,000 soldiers (Two divisions, with security forces outnumbering attackers by more than 15-to-1)[7][8]
    • 30,000 federal police[6]
    • minus unknown number of no-show ghost soldiers, possibly reducing man-power to 20% of its official count.[9]
    		 800–1,500 militants[7][10][11] or 1,000[12]
    Casualties and losses
    2,500 killed or wounded[13]
    4,000 prisoners executed[14]
    Thousands deserted    		 At least 105 killed[15]

    6,605+ killed overall

    Around 500,000 civilians displaced from Mosul[16]

    The fall of Mosul in Iraq occurred between 4 and 10 June 2014, when Islamic State (IS) insurgents, initially led by Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi, captured Mosul from the Iraqi Army, led by Lieutenant General Mahdi Al-Gharrawi.

    On 4 June, the insurgents began their efforts to capture Mosul. The Iraqi army officially had 30,000 soldiers and another 30,000 federal police stationed in the city, facing a 1,500-member attacking force. The Iraqi forces' actual numbers were much lower due to ghost soldiers, severely reducing combat ability.[9] After six days of combat and massive desertions, Iraqi soldiers received orders to retreat. The city of Mosul, including Mosul International Airport and the helicopters located there, all fell under IS's control. An estimated 500,000 civilians fled from the city.

    A former commander of the Iraqi ground forces, Ali Ghaidan, accused former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of being the one who issued the order to withdraw from the city of Mosul.[17] Mosul would remain under IS control for a few years. Iraqi forces initiated an offensive to retake the city in 2016; the Battle of Mosul ended in its liberation in July the following year.

    1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference fall was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
    2. ^ "Mosul Falls, Indie Oil Should Rise". Forbes. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
    3. ^ Al-Salhy, Suadad; Fahim, Kareem (10 June 2014). "Sunni Militants Drive Iraqi Army Out of Mosul". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
    4. ^ Insurgents in Iraq Overrun Mosul Provincial Government Headquarters
    5. ^ "Amir Mohammed Abdul Rahman al-Mawli al-Salbi a.k.a. Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Quraishi". Counter Extremism Project. 2020-01-29. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
    6. ^ a b Iraqi Forces Attack Mosul, Seeking to Dislodge Islamic State The New York Times (16 October 2016)
    7. ^ a b "Iraq army capitulates to Isis militants in four cities". The Guardian. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
    8. ^ "Battle for Mosul: Critical test ahead for Iraq". BBC. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
    9. ^ a b al-Salhy, Suadad. "Iraq forces rebuilding the troops". aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
    10. ^ Iraqis flee Mosul after fighters seize city (Al Jazeera, June 11, 2014)
    11. ^ Cite error: The named reference new headquarters was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
    12. ^ Weiss, Michael; Hassan, Hassan (2016). ISIS: The Army of Terror. Перевод с Английского [Translated from English]. Moscow: Альпина нон-фикшн. p. 17. ISBN 978-5-91671-504-0.
    13. ^ Cite error: The named reference ISIS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
    14. ^ Cite error: The named reference horror of Mosul was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
    15. ^ "Insurgents fight Iraqi forces in city of Mosul". Reuters. 6 June 2014.
    16. ^ "Iraq crisis: Islamists force 500,000 to flee Mosul". BBC News. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
    17. ^ "قائد عسكري سابق: المالكي أمر بسحب القوات من الموصل". aljazeera.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-01-22.

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