Order of battle for the Battle of Mosul (2016–17) explained

During the course of the Battle of Mosul (2016–17), an international coalition, primarily composed of the Iraqi Army, Kurdish Peshmerga, CJTF–OIR, along with the allied Popular Mobilization Forces, Company A, 2-502 Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), captured Mosul from the Islamic State, which had used Mosul as the capital for the Iraqi half of its "caliphate".

Anti-IS forces

IraqCommanded 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^[1]
  • 9th Armored Division
    Commanded by Lieutenant General Qassim Jassem Nazal
  • 15th Division
  • 16th Division
    • 3rd Group
      Commanded by Colonel Mohamed Moheil Suleiman al-Jabouri^[2]
  • Unknown
    • 91st Brigade
      Commanded by Colonel Falah Hassan Salman^[3]
• 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 Brigade
      Commanded by Major General Maan al-Saadi^[4]
• Federal Police
  Commanded by Lieutenant General Raed Shaker Jawdat
  • Iraqi police rapid response units
    Commanded by Major General Thamer al-Husseini
• Assyrian forces
  • Nineveh Plain Protection Units^[5]
    Commanded by General Behnam Abboosh
  • Nineveh Plain Forces^[6]
    Commanded by Safaa Khamro
  • Dwekh Nawsha^[7]
    Commanded by Albert Kisso
  • Babylon Brigades^{[8] [9]}
    Commanded by Rayan al-Kildani, a Chaldean Catholic Assyrian with close ties to the Badr Organization
• Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF)^[10]
  Commanded by Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis
  • Badr Organization^[11]
    Commanded by Hadi Al-Amiri
  • Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq
    Commanded by Qais al-Khazali
  • Peace Companies
  • Kata'ib Hezbollah^[12]
  • Saraya Ashura
  • Saraya Khorasani
  • Kata'ib al-Imam Ali
  • Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba
  • Turkmen Brigades^[13]
  • Saraya al-Jihad^[14]
  • 39th Regiment^[15]
• Sinjar Alliance
  • Sinjar Resistance Units (YBŞ)^{[16] [17] [18] [19]}
    Commanded by Mazlum Shengal
  • Êzîdxan Women's Units (YJÊ)
    Commanded by Berivan Arin
• Local residents^[20]

Commanded by President Massoud Barzani

• Peshmerga

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^[21]

United States

• • • 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)^[22]
    • 2nd Brigade Combat Team
    • 2-502 Infantry Regiment
• U.S. Marine Corps^[23]
  Commanded by Major General Gary J. Volesky
• U.S. Air Force

France

• French Army^[24]
• French Air Force^[25]

Germany

• ^[26]
• ^[26]

Canada

• ^[27]

Turkey

• ^[28]

United Kingdom

• ^[29]

Australia

• ^[30]

Commanded by Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah

• Hezbollah military
  • Hezbollah units in Iraq
    Commanded by Muhammad Kawarithmi^[31]

• IRGC
  • Basij^[32]

Islamic State

Military of the Islamic State

• Wilayat Nineveh
• Al-Khansaa Brigade
• Australian Brigade
• Islamic Police (Al-Hisbah)
• Tariq Bin Ziyad battalion^[33]
• 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)^[34]

See also

• Battle of Mosul (2016–17)
• Order of battle for the Raqqa campaign (2016–17)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Anti-IS troops are gaining ground on multiple fronts in Iraq. Al-Monitor. Muhannad al-Ghazi. 25 October 2016. 1 November 2016.
2. Web site: Iraqi commander killed in western Mosul. Iraqi News. 19 May 2017.
3. Web site: Army commander killed during battles in Mosul. Iraqi News. 15 April 2017.
4. Web site: March 2, 2016 – Daesh Daily.
5. Web site: 2016-10-23 . Video: Iraqi troops liberate Christian town of Bartella from IS group . 2023-09-14 . France 24 . en.
6. News: NPF declaring their participation to Mosul offensive. Syriac International News Agency. 18 October 2016. 18 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161018133332/http://www.syriacsnews.com/npf-declaring-participation-mosul-offensive/. 18 October 2016. dead.
7. Web site: Iraqi Christians: Will they go home?. 2017-07-10. 2017-02-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202071339/https://www.yahoo.com/news/iraqi-christians-home-180048259.html. dead.
8. News: The Christian militia fighting IS. Owen. Bennett-Jones. BBC News. 11 April 2016.
9. Web site: Babylon Brigade: A look at the Christian militia fighting against ISIS. June 2024 .
10. News: Iraqi Army makes final preparations for massive offensive. 10 September 2016. 10 September 2016. 6 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181106044702/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/iraqi-army-makes-final-preparations-massive-offensive/. dead.
11. Web site: Iraqi PMF attempts to cut off Islamic State in Mosul. The Long War Journal. Amir Toumaj. 4 November 2016. 5 November 2016.
12. Web site: Hezbollah Brigades hurries troops to Mosul fight . The Long War Journal . Caleb Weiss . Bill Roggio . 28 October 2016 . 31 October 2016.
13. News: وکالة تسنیم الدولیة للأنباء – اردوغان ارسل جيشه الى العراق تجنبا لانقلاب ثانٍ.. لا حاجة للتركمان بتركيا. وکالة تسنیم الدولیة للأنباء. 2017-04-20. ar.
14. Web site: سرايا "الجهاد" تدمر رتلا عسكريا لـ"داعش" من 8 مركبات غرب الموصل. أحمد. العميد. November 29, 2016. الوطن.
15. Web site: Tribal Hashd of Ninawa: Interview with the 39th Regiment . Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi . Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi . 6 September 2019 . 7 September 2019.
16. News: All-female Yazidi militia launches operation for revenge on Isis in northern Iraq. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-iraq-kurdish-trained-yazidi-women-launch-operation-revenge-free-women-a7416906.html . 2022-05-24 . subscription . live. The Independent. 14 November 2016.
17. News: YJŞ/YBŞ: Our goal is to liberate every village of Ezidxan. ANF News. 13 November 2016.
18. News: Iraqi gov't to fund terrorist PKK's Yazidi branch from its 2017 budget. Daily Sabah. 1 December 2016. 10 July 2017. 1 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161201080922/http://www.dailysabah.com/d/politics/2016/12/01/iraqi-govt-to-fund-terrorist-pkks-yazidi-branch-from-its-2017-budget. dead.
19. News: Baghdad Funding for PKK Continues Despite Illegality: MP . Bas News. 12 December 2016.
20. Web site: Iraqi forces apparently relying on inside rebels to fight IS in western Mosul. Iraqi News. 20 March 2017.
21. Web site: CJFLCC-OIR. 2017-07-10. 2017-07-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20170707115122/http://www.inherentresolve.mil/CJFLCC-OIR/. dead.
22. Web site: Apache helicopters used for first time against Islamic State in Iraq . 2023-09-14 . Stars and Stripes . en.
23. Web site: Mosul offensive: officials confirm US troops are on the ground. The Guardian. 17 October 2016.
24. L'artillerie française soutient les forces irakiennes pour libérer Mossoul. Le Figaro. 1 November 2016.
25. Web site: On board the French nuclear carrier battling ISIS. 17 October 2016.
26. Web site: Arab . The New . 2016-09-24 . Germany 'will take part in the battle for Mosul' . 2023-09-14 . Newarab . en.
27. Web site: Berthiaume . Lee . 17 October 2016 . Canadian troops supporting Kurds in fight to free Mosul from ISIS . 14 September 2023 . CBC Television.
28. Web site: Turkey fires at ISIL positions near Mosul . 2023-09-14 . www.aljazeera.com . en.
29. Web site: RAF jets join strikes on Islamic State targets in Mosul. 19 October 2016.
30. Web site: Australian bombers and medics playing key role in the battle for Mosul. The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 February 2017.
31. News: Hezbollah fighters train Iraqi Shiite militants near Mosul . David . Daoud . . 5 November 2016 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20161106165104/http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2016/11/hezbollah-fighters-train-iraqi-shiite-militants-near-mosul.php . 6 November 2016 . dmy-all.
32. Web site: Iranian sniper embedded in Iraqi militia killed near Mosul | FDD's Long War Journal. March 2, 2017. www.longwarjournal.org.
33. Web site: Isis file reveals 'problem' foreign fighters are refusing to fight in Iraq. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-iraq-foreign-fighters-return-europe-refusing-fight-sick-notes-a7567131.html . 2022-05-24 . subscription . live. The Independent. 8 February 2017.
34. Mentioned by IS linked channel Sawt al-Zarqawi