Iraqi forces are advancing through populous districts towards the Grand Nuri Mosque where Isis declared an Islamic caliphate in 2014

Tigris

City limits

Nineveh ruins

Isis

control

Iraqi control

Grand mosque

Airport

2 km

2 miles

Tigris river

City limits

University

Mosul

Nineveh ruins

Isis control

Iraqi control

Grand Nuri mosque

Airport

Military

base

2 km

2 miles