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The battle to recapture Mosul

Iraqi and Kurdish forces have begun a military offensive to take back the ISIS-controlled city of Mosul. Leaders say liberating this city will be difficult and could take months. More than a million civilians are thought to be trapped in the city that was captured by ISIS two years ago.

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The battle to recapture Mosul

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  1. The fight to recover Mosul

  2. Smoke ascends from Islamic state positions after an airstrike by coalition drives in Mosul, Iraq, Oct. 18. The pace of operations hindered on Tuesday as Iraqi strengths started pushing toward bigger towns and experiencing non military personnel populaces on the second day of an enormous operation to retake the northern Iraqi city of Mosul from the Islamic State assemble. (Related Press)

  3. A man remains before a fire from oil that has been set on fire in the Qayyarah zone, around 60 kilometers (35 miles) south of Mosul, on Oct. 19, amid an operation by Iraqi powers against Islamic State (IS) gathering jihadists to retake the primary center point city. (Yasi Akgul/AFP/Getty Images)

  4. Members of Iraqi powers drive their shielded vehicle, as they go to the bleeding edge on Oct. 18 close to the town of Qayyarah, south of Mosul, amid the operation to recover the city from the Islamic State amass. A huge number of Iraqi powers were making picks up on the Islamic State bunch in Mosul in a hostile US President Barack Obama cautioned would be a "troublesome battle". (Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images)

  5. A peshmerga contender watches out of the passage of an underground passage worked by Islamic State warriors, Oct. 18. The Kurdish strengths found the passage in the town of Badana that was freed from the Islamic State amass on Monday. The contenders fabricated passages under local locations so they could move without being seen from above to maintain a strategic distance from airstrikes. (Bram Janssen/Associated Press)

  6. Iraqi fighters stroll on a street as smoke surges from the Qayyarah territory, somewhere in the range of 60 kilometers (35 miles) south of Mosul, on Oct. 19, amid an operation against Islamic State (IS) gathering jihadists to retake the fundamental center city. (Yasi Akgul/AFP/Getty Images)

  7. Displaced Iraqis from the Bajwaniyah town, around 30 kms south of Mosul, who fled battling in the Mosul region walk towards Iraqi security compels on Oct. 18, after they freed the town from Islamic State (IS) gathering jihadists. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images)

  8. Members of Iraqi strengths take a gander at a MRAP reinforced vehicle with a picture of an American banner overlaid with a bald eagle, at the Qayyarah army installation, around 60 kilometers (35 miles) south of Mosul, on Oct. 18, amid the operation to recover the city from the Islamic State assemble. (Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images)

  9. Members of the Iraqi strengths assess a passage on Oct. 18, inside a working in the Shaqouli town, around 35 kms east of Mosul, after they've recovered it from the Islamic State (IS) gathering jihadists. With the pivotal fight in its second day, Iraqi officers said advance was being made as contenders pushed on two primary fronts against the jihadists' last fortification in Iraq (Safin Hamed/AFP/Getty Images)

  10. Sunni Arab warriors, a number of whom fled Mosul when the Islamic State bunch caught the city two years prior, hold up at their base close to the Mosul Dam close Karaj, Iraq, Oct. 18. Their unit is currently slated to participate in the freedom of Mosul, which was once home to more than two million inhabitants and is the greatest city caught by the Islamic State aggregate. (Bryan Denton/The New York Times)

  11. Iraqi strengths convey in the Bajwaniyah town, around 30 kms south of Mosul, on Oct.18, after they freed it from Islamic State (IS) gathering jihadists. A huge number of Iraqi strengths were making picks up on the Islamic State aggregate in Mosul in a hostile US President Barack Obama cautioned would be a "troublesome battle." (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images)

  12. Iraqi fighters look on as smoke ascends from the Qayyarah range, as Iraqi powers partake in an operation against Islamic State (IS) gathering jihadists. (Yasi Akgul/AFP/Getty Images)

  13. A helicopter slinking the edge of the Qayyarah army installation, around 60 kilometers (35 miles) south of Mosul. (Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images)

  14. Iraqis hold up at a check point on Oct. 18, close to the town of Qayyarah, south of Mosul, amid Iraqi strengths' operation to recover the city from the Islamic State gather. (Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images)

  15. Kurdish security powers take up a position as they battle ignoring the Islamic State-controlled in towns encompassing Mosul, in Khazer, around 30 kilometers (19 miles) east of Mosul, Iraq, Oct. 17. (Related Press)

  16. Displaced Iraqis from the Bajwaniyah town, around 30 kms south of Mosul, who fled battling in the Mosul range, walk towards Iraqi security constrains on Oct. 18. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images)

  17. A peshmerga contender strolls through a passage made by Islamic State warriors, Oct. 18. The Kurdish powers found the passage in the town of Badana that was freed from the Islamic State amass on Monday. The contenders assembled burrows under local locations so they could move without being seen from above keeping in mind the end goal to maintain a strategic distance from airstrikes. (Bram Janssen/Associated Press)

  18. Displaced Iraqis from the Bajwaniyah town, around 30 kms south of Mosul, who fled battling in the Mosul territory walk towards security constrains on Oct. 18. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images)

  19. An Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga contender remains within an expanding on Oct. 18, on the cutting edge in the Shaqouli town, around 35 kms east of Mosul, after they've recovered it from the Islamic State (IS) gathering jihadists. With the critical fight in its second day, Iraqi leaders said advance was being made as contenders pushed on two principle fronts against the jihadists' last fortress in Iraq. (Safin Hamed/AFP/Getty Images)

  20. Displaced Iraqis from the Bajwaniyah town, around 30 kms south of Mosul, who fled battling in the Mosul range are helped a security strengths part on October 18. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images)

  21. Kurdish peshmerga troops fire at Islamic State positions as they move toward the Iraqi town of Badana Pichwk on Oct. 17. (Bryan Denton/The New York Times)

  22. Iraqi security strengths signal in Qayyarah, amid an operation to assault Islamic State aggressors in Mosul, Iraq, Oct. 19. (Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters)

  23. A lady postures at a displaced person camp lodging Iraqi families who fled battling in the Mosul range on Oct. 17, in the northeastern town of al-Hol in Syria's Hasakeh region. The fight to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from jihadists could unleash a monstrous philanthropic emergency, conceivably pushing many thousands to escape their homes as winter sets in. (Delil Souleiman/AFP/Getty Images)

  24. A peshmerga warrior strolls through the kitchen of an underground passage made by Islamic State contenders, Oct. 18. The Kurdish powers found the passage in the town of Badana that was freed from the Islamic State aggregate on Monday. (Bram Janssen/Associated press)

  25. A Kurdish peshmerga warrior chats on his telephone as he unwinds in a town as of late recovered from ISIS amid the fight to retake Mosul, on Oct. 18, in Bartella, close Mosul in Iraq. (Carl Court/Getty Images)

  26. Kurdish peshmerga officers remain around a passage dove by ISIS in a house as of late recovered by the Kurds amid the fight to retake Mosul, on Oct. 18, in Bartella, close Mosul in Iraq. (Carl Court/Getty Images)

  27. A Kurdish peshmerga trooper remains in a passage dove by ISIS in a town as of late recovered by the Kurds amid the fight to retake Mosul, on Oct. 18, in Bartella, close Mosul in Iraq. (Carl Court/Getty Images)

  28. Displaced Iraqi kids who fled Mosul play at an exile camp in Duhok, Iraq, Oct. 16. (Ari Jalal/Reuters)

  29. Members of the Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga warriors assess an expanding on Oct. 18, in the Shaqouli town, around 35 kms east of Mosul, after they've recovered it from the Islamic State (IS) gathering jihadists. (Safin Hamed/AFP/Getty Images)

  30. A Kurdish peshmerga warrior inclines out of his military vehicle which has taken a few direct hits from ISIS expert marksmen including on the windscreen on Oct. 18, in the residential area of Bartella close Mosul, Iraq. (Carl Court/Getty Images)

  31. Kurdish Peshmerga officers review the body of a charged Islamic State (IS) contender in the as of late recovered city of Hamdaniyah, east of Mosul, Iraq, Oct. 18. (Ahmed Jalil/EPA)

  32. A French armed force Rafale contender stream takes off from the deck of France's plane carrying warship Charles De Gaulle, in the Meditarranean Sea. Seven French Rafale planes, from the Air Force and the Navy, completed airstrikes south of Mosul overnight on Oct. 15-16 with SCALP rockets that wrecked a plant making IEDs (ad libbed hazardous gadgets.) (ECPAD/AFP/Getty Images)

  33. A kid remains before stopgap tents at an exile camp lodging Iraqi families who fled battling in the Mosul territory on Oct. 17, in the northeastern town of al-Hol in Syria's Hasakeh region. (Delil Souleiman/AFP/Getty Images)

  34. Peshmerga powers assemble in the east of Mosul to assault Islamic State activists in Mosul, Iraq, Oct. 17. (Azad Lashkari/Reuters)

  35. An Iraqi policeman tries on a gasmask at the Qayyarah army installation, around 60 kilometers (35 miles) south of Mosul, on Oct. 16, as they plan for a hostile to retake Mosul, the latter IS-held city in the nation. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images)

  36. Iraqi powers send in the territory of al-Shourah, somewhere in the range of 45 kms south of Mosul, as they progress towards the city to retake it from the Islamic State (IS) gathering jihadists, on Oct. 17. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images)

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