Western Nineveh offensive (2017)
| 2017 Western Nineveh offensive | |||||||||
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| Part of the Battle of Mosul and the War in Iraq | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Islamic State (IS) | |||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis (PMF operations commander) |
Abu-Sayf al-'Isawi † (IS media emir) Abu-Khattab al-Rawi † (IS media emir) Hassan Kanahs al-Zebeidi † (IS commando leader) | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
| Unknown | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 20 soldiers killed | 507 militants killed | ||||||||
The 2017 Western Nineveh offensive, code-named Operation Muhammad, Prophet of God, was launched by the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) against the Islamic State (IS) in the western Nineveh province of northern Iraq in late April 2017.