Mosul offensive (2015)

Mosul offensive (2015)
	Part of the War in Iraq
	; Map of the Kurdish-launched Mosul offensive in early 2015
Date	21 January – 10 February 2015; (2 weeks and 6 days)
Location	Mosul, Iraq35°48′01″N 43°17′23″E / 35.8003°N 43.2897°E
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
Kurdistan Region Peshmerga; CJTF-OIR (airstrikes) List United States; United Kingdom; Canada; Jordan; Morocco ;	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Commanders and leaders
Masoud Barzani; Mansour Barzani; Barack Obama; David Cameron; Stephen Harper; Abdullah II	Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi; (Leader); "Prince of Nineveh" †; (top ISIL commander in Mosul); Abu Malik † (ISIL chemical weapons expert)
Strength
Kurdistan Region 5,000 soldiers;	12,000+ fighters
Casualties and losses
Unknown	256+ militants killed
	3 civilians killed

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.