In 2003, a US-led coalition invaded Iraq and removed Saddam Hussein from power. Since then, the security situation has been very instable in the country.
In 2014, an insurgency escalated into a full-scale military conflict with ISIS expanding in large areas in Iraq. Over the next three years, Iraqi security forces, supported by some global and local powers, were working to push ISIS out of the captured territories. Iraqi forces made significant gains and started storming the last remaining ISIS stronghold of Mosul.
Just because they have the same flag doesn’t mean it’s the same people everywhere. Anyway, they were defending Mosul successfully until they started retreating. I think they are running out of manpower, or suicide bombers specifically. So they decided to try to defend with the river as a natural barrier.
if mosul is important to isis why dont they strengthen the defense?
instead isis attack deir ezzor & palmyra with large scale attack
I believe any access to Mosul from Syria is now cut off.
Just because they have the same flag doesn’t mean it’s the same people everywhere. Anyway, they were defending Mosul successfully until they started retreating. I think they are running out of manpower, or suicide bombers specifically. So they decided to try to defend with the river as a natural barrier.
they do it opposit, they sent jihadist from mossul to the T4 base and to the deir ezzor…