Around 45,000 Iraqi army soldiers will lead the assault from positions near the Qaiyara airbase
Some 6,000 Isis fighters may take part in a battle which could displace up to a million people
Iraq
Kurdish peshmerga forces will block Isis escape routes and receive and screen refugees but not enter Mosul itself
Iraqi army and Shia militias
Isis
Iraqi Kurdistan
Makhmour
Makhmour
Irbil
Tikrit
Mosul
Dahuk
Irbil
Tikrit
Mosul
Dahuk
50 miles
50 km
Makhmour
Around 45,000 Iraqi army soldiers will lead the assault from positions near the Qaiyara airbase
Some 6,000 Isis fighters may take part in a battle which could displace up to a million people
Kurdish peshmerga forces will block Isis escape routes and receive and screen refugees but not enter Mosul itself
Makhmour
Iraq
Iraqi army and Shia militias
Isis control area
Iraqi Kurdistan
Kirkuk
Makhmour
Irbil
Tikrit
Mosul
Tall Afar
Dahuk
Kirkuk
Irbil
Tikrit
Mosul
Tall Afar
Dahuk
50 miles
50 km
Makhmour
Around 45,000 Iraqi army soldiers will lead the assault from positions near the Qaiyara airbase
Some 6,000 Isis fighters may take part in a battle which could displace up to a million people
Kurdish peshmerga forces will block Isis escape routes and receive and screen refugees but not enter Mosul itself
Iraq
Iraqi army and Shia militias
Isis control area
Iraqi Kurdistan
Kirkuk
Makhmour
Irbil
Tikrit
Sinjar
Mosul
Tall Afar
Dahuk
Kirkuk
Irbil
Tikrit
Sinjar
Mosul
Tall Afar
Dahuk
50 miles
50 km
Makhmour
Some 6,000 Isis fighters may take part in a battle which could displace up to a million people
Iraqi army and Shia militias
Iraq
Around 45,000 Iraqi army soldiers will lead the assault from positions near the Qaiyara airbase
Kurdish peshmerga forces will block Isis escape routes and receive and screen refugees but not enter Mosul itself
Isis control area
Iraqi Kurdistan
Kirkuk
Makhmour
Makhmour
Irbil
Tikrit
Sinjar
Mosul
Tall Afar
Dahuk
Kirkuk
Irbil
Tikrit
Sinjar
Mosul
Tall Afar
Dahuk
50 miles
50 km