| Part of the War in Iraq | |
 Iraqi soldiers write "the State of Imam Ali remains" (challenging the Islamic State's motto: "the Islamic State remains") on an Islamic State sign in eastern Mosul, January 2017. | |
| Date | 10 June 2014–21 July 2017 (3 years, 1 month, 1 week and 4 days) |
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| Location | Mosul, Iraq |
The occupation of Mosul by the Islamic State began after the fall of Mosul when Islamic State fighters took control of the city on 10 June 2014. Mosul was a strategically important city for the Islamic State and was a target by anti-Islamic State forces. Over the course of battles in 2015 and 2016–2017, the Iraqi Armed Forces, aided by Peshmerga and CJTF–OIR forces, fully liberated Mosul by 21 July 2017.
The Islamic State carried out a brutal occupation in Mosul, resulting in the death, torture, rape, and disappearance of many of the city's citizens. Women were subjected to a strict variant of Sharia law while members of religious and ethnic minorities were killed or evicted from the city. Widespread looting and destruction of cultural, religious, and historical artifacts occurred. Armed resistance against the occupation took place in and around the city, mainly undertaken by Kurdish, Turkmen, Assyrian, and Shia groups.