During the course of the Battle of Mosul (2016–2017), an international coalition primarily composed of the Iraqi Army, Kurdish Peshmerga and US-led CJTF–OIR forces, along with allied Popular Mobilization Forces and Yazidi militias captured Mosul from the Islamic State, which had used the city as the capital for the Iraqi half of its "caliphate".
Anti-IS forces Iraq
Commanded by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, Lieutenant General Abdul Amir Rashid Yarallah (commander of the operation), Major General Najim Abdullah al-Jubouri (ISF commander of the operation) Iraqi Army 1st Division 9th Armored DivisionCommanded by Lieutenant General Qassim Jassem Nazal 15th Division 16th Division 3rd GroupCommanded by Colonel Mohamed Moheil Suleiman al-Jabouri Unknown 91st BrigadeCommanded by Colonel Falah Hassan Salman Iraqi Air Force
Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service (ICTS)Commanded by Lieutenant General Talib Shaghati al-Kenan (Joint Military Operation Command), Lieutenant General Abdul-Ghani al-Assadi, Lieutenant General Abdel-Wahab al-Saadi Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) 1st Special Operations Brigade ("Golden Division")Commanded by Major General Fadhil Jalil al-Barwari 1st Commando Battalion 2nd Special Operations BrigadeCommanded by Major General Maan al-Saadi Federal PoliceCommanded by Lieutenant General Raed Shaker Jawdat Rapid Response UnitsCommanded by Major General Thamer al-Husseini Assyrian forces Nineveh Plain Protection UnitsCommanded by General Behnam Abboosh Nineveh Plain ForcesCommanded by Safaa Khamro Dwekh NawshaCommanded by Albert Kisso Babylon Brigades Commanded by Rayan al-Kildani, a Chaldean Catholic Assyrian with close ties to the Badr Organization Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF)Commanded by Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis Badr OrganizationCommanded by Hadi Al-Amiri Asa'ib Ahl al-HaqCommanded by Qais al-Khazali Nineveh GuardCommanded by Atheel al-Nujaifi Saraya al-Salam Kata'ib Hezbollah Saraya Ashura Saraya Khorasani Kata'ib al-Imam Ali Kata'ib al-Abbas Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba Turkmen Brigades Saraya al-Jihad 39th Regiment Local residents
Kurdistan Region Commanded by President Massoud Barzani Peshmerga Zeravani Asayish Counter Terrorism Department Kurdistan Workers' Party People's Defence Forces Kurdistan Freedom Party Kurdistan National Army Sinjar Alliance Sinjar Resistance Units (YBŞ)Commanded by Mazlum Shengal Êzîdxan Women's Units (YJÊ)Commanded by Berivan Arin Êzîdxan Protection Force (HPÊ) Shammar tribal militias
US-led forces Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF–OIR)
Commanded by Lieutenant General Stephen J. Townsend Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command – Operation Inherent Resolve (CJFLCC-OIR)Commanded by Major General Joseph M. Martin
United States Navy SEALs
101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) 2nd Brigade Combat Team 526th Brigade Support Battalion 2-502 Infantry Regiment 1st Cavalry Division 3rd Brigade Combat Team 1-12 Cavalry Regiment Special Operations Forces Commanded by Major General Gary J. Volesky
Special Forces
Special Operations Command
Special Operations Forces Command Special Operations Regiment Joint Task Force 2 21 Electronic Warfare Regiment Health Services Group
Special Operations Command
Iran-led forces Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Basij Commanded by Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah Hezbollah in IraqCommanded by Muhammad Kawarithmi
Islamic State
Military of the Islamic State Wilayat Nineveh Al-Khansaa Brigade Australian Brigade Islamic Police (Al-Hisbah) Tariq Bin Ziyad battalion Ramadi brigade (under Kawasir Division) Fallujah brigade (under Yamama Division) 3 brigade from Furqan division Abu Umar al-Baghdadi brigade (under fatah division) Tikrit brigade (under Qadisiya division)Mentioned by IS linked channel Sawt al-Zarqawi Cubs of the Caliphate
See also Battle of Mosul (2016–17) Order of battle for the Raqqa campaign (2016–17)
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